In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...

Democratic leaders in the House so far have managed to keep intact Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of six bills allowing people to ...

The number of homeschooled children in Wilkes County increased by about 10.5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and again from 2023-24 to 2024-25, according to data from the N.C. Department of ...

Industrial league softball games were a popular summer activity in Wilkes County for decades. North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola ...

A new book provides previously unpublished raw glimpses of life in Wilkes County in the last quarter of the 18th century, not long after the area was considered the Carolina ...

The motion approved Monday night included these two boards and the board that approved financing and plans for the courthouse ...

Attendance and demand for local peaches were both strong at the seventh annual Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival in the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons in Wilkesboro Friday and ...

The schedule for widening 13.5 miles of N.C. 268 East to four lanes was pushed back to “funded for preliminary engineering only” in the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2026-35 State ...

Members of the N.C. State Health Plan will be able to get a knee replacement or other surgeries at no cost under a new program that marks a shift for the group that helps insure 740,000 teachers ...

Leverage for North Carolina tourism, education and increased civic engagement were part of the discussion for the 250th anniversary of the United States next summer during a recent meeting of ...

The awarding of Great Trails State Program grants for trail and greenway initiatives in Wilkes and adjoining counties, ...