Stardust Cellars on N.C. 115, North Wilkesboro, received the “Best Mead” Award for its Country Peach mead in the N.C. Wine & Grape Council’s 2025 N.C. Wine Competition.

William Adkins Long Jr., 61, of North Wilkesboro, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1964, in Wilkes County to William Adkins Long Sr.

As of July 1, all types of pre-existing volunteers in the Wilkes County Schools must reapply to become a volunteer for the 2025-26 school year due to the use of ...

The Alzheimer’s Association — Western Carolina Chapter is inviting residents of Wilkes County and nearby areas to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in a Walk to End ...

NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced today (Wednesday) for the ...

On Aug. 15, the National Park Service reopened eight miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 221.8 to 229.7 south of ...

The bill leaves room for exceptions to the cellphone law, including if a device is needed in accordance with a student’s individualized education plan or to manage a student’s health care and for ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced the hiring of David Ray as the organization’s executive ...

The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman on Aug. 11 on a charge of murder in the stabbing death of her husband earlier that day.

In April 1775 — just days before the Revolutionary War broke out at Lexington and Concord — North Carolina’s royal governor, Josiah Martin, disbanded the colonial legislature, of which Johnston was a ...

Name a novel by a North Carolina writer about a fictional author who traveled abroad and struggled with returning to the complexities of American culture?

As of Tuesday, authorities were looking for a man on charged resulting from a motor vehicle chase Monday that began in Watauga County and ended with the pursued vehicle wrecking ...