The N.C. Department of Transportation announced that it will shift traffic starting Thursday where Winkler Mill Road and Winkler Mill Road Extension intersect with U.S. 421 opposite each other in ...

Tropical Storm Bertha has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing ...

The Wilkes County commissioners heard opposition to a requested 3-cent increase in the Millers Creek Fire District tax rate, a plea from a parent for more funds for the Wilkes schools and a request ...

Streets of North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro were lined with people on July 16 for the parade of brightly painted ...

Wilkes County native Savannah Grace Walsh, a Christian singer, songwriter and recording artist in Nashville, sings the ...

As North Carolina continues to see elevated cyclosporiasis cases, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with the N.C. Department of Agriculture (NCDA) and local ...

Speedway Motorsports’ goal of maintaining the historical integrity of the North Wilkesboro Speedway as it renovated the iconic venue included again using a hand-operated scoreboard, along with using a ...

The eighth annual Brushy Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival, organized by the Brushy Mountain Community Center board, is Friday and Saturday in the Community Commons and on the nearby portion ...

Several thefts and other incidents were reported recently to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office. Theft of copper wire worth about $500 from a furnace unit and a garage door worth about $300 from a residence ...

The Judy Barber “tribe” held its 51st family reunion on July 3 and 4 at Lincoln Heights School and continued with a memorial service on July 5 at Rickard’s Chapel ...

For years, North Carolina has debated how to make healthcare more affordable, more accessible and more accountable. Meanwhile, our neighbor to the west has quietly enacted two healthcare reforms that ...

I’m a tax paying citizen here in Wilkes County and have some questions regarding the installation, use, monitoring, data and citizens’ rights with Flock traffic cameras.