The Charlotte-based Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation recently donated 749 acres on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in ...

Carolyn Brookshire Pardue was recently presented the Dennis Sawyers Hall of Fame Award by the Winston-Salem Regional ...

Wilkes County Schools launched the “WCS Giving Hope” initiative to make a meaningful difference for students and staff in ...

Students from four Wilkes elementary schools went on a shopping spree for food at the IGA Marketplace store on N.C. 18 North ...

Wilkes is among several counties in the northwestern part of the state scheduled to switch to a paperless court system with eCourts software in July 2025, according to the Administrative ...

The winner of the 2024 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year, Skippy, and her owners, Donald and Laura Adams of Georgia, are ...

Originating in Moravian Church boarding schools in Germany in the 19th century, the Moravian stars were carried throughout ...

These 93 bird species include the northern bobwhite, ruffed grouse, barn owl, black-capped chickadee and red-cockaded ...

Discount retailer Big Lots, with a store on U.S. 421 West in Wilkesboro, announced Dec. 16 that it is filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to be acquired.

Interviews for this story took place before Tropical Storm Helene impacted rivers. “What I have seen in the Watauga River is ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist this week announced a significant investment in its workforce, raising its minimum starting rate, or the minimum hourly wage, to $18.50 per hour, effective Jan.

A story on page C4 about businesses that were awarded Downtown Boros Small Business Grants by the Wilkes Economic Development Corp. mistakenly omitted oner of the recipients, the Liberty Theatre ...