The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data ...

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to allocate $150,000 to Wilkesboro in three annual payments of $50,000 to help defray the town’s cost of a major upgrade ...

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

The Western Piedmont Symphony, a professional orchestra based in the North Carolina foothills, opens its 2025-26 season with ...

The roof and ceiling of the Cut Ups hair salon building at 926 C Street, North Wilkesboro, collapsed on Aug. 11 and 12.

The State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved increases to health care coverage premiums for members at its meeting on ...

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 ...

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

The Wilkes County Board of Elections passed a resolution during a meeting earlier this month temporarily transferring voters in the Cricket, Fairplains, Wilkesboro 2 precincts who are eligible to vote ...

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 ...

The Wilkes Community College Dental Assisting Program’s 37th annual pinning ceremony was held Aug. 1, with 18 students receiving pins to signify successful completion of the one-year diploma-level ...

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 ...