The East Wilkes girls repeated as wrestling tournament champion on Friday, rolling to a convincing win in the inaugural Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference tourney at Starmount High School in ...

With severe winter weather about to arrive, about 16 N.C. Highway Patrol troopers in Wilkesboro-based Troop F, District II (Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties) gathered on Jan. 22 to cut, ...

It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s sometimes nice to be reassured your small community of habitation hasn’t been lost amongst the 8 billion people or so on planet Earth.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School’s new inclusive playground and community park on Champion-Mount Pleasant Road was celebrated ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation is making progress clearing Wilkes County roads in the aftermath of a 2-inch-deep sleet ...

Count, coordinated by the Northwest N.C. Continuum of Care (CoC), will be conducted in the High Country counties of Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga ...

Winners in the Wilkes Art Gallery’s 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview were recognized in an opening night reception and awards ceremony on Jan. 16. The exhibition continues through Feb. 13.

The NCHSAA Board of Directors has determined that, to accommodate schools that have lost practice time due to inclement weather and to provide wrestlers with an opportunity ...

Wilkes County Schools were closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week due to icy conditions on local roads.

North Carolina is once again demonstrating the folly of holding primary elections in March. How long will it take to acknowledge that nobody wants to vote on March 3?

In places where governments are smaller, taxes are lower, regulations are lighter, and property rights are more secure, people tend to be more generous, trustful and tolerant.

The 2026 Wilkes Hoop Shoot competition, sponsored by the North Wilkesboro Elks Lodge, was held at North Wilkes Middle School ...