People with substance use problems who are convicted of criminal offenses will receive extensive treatment and recovery ...

Fresh off its Northwest 1A Conference Duals title, the East Wilkes girls wrestling team went 1-2 Saturday at the N.C. Girls ...

A Broadway Fire Department pumper fire truck was heavily damaged when a private bridge near the entrance to the Vulcan ...

A man was sentenced to at least 25 years and a maximum of 31 years in prison in Wilkes Superior Court Tuesday after he ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating a variety of crimes. A Ronda woman on Jan. 16 reported the loss of $12,000 in an extortion case. The woman reported that her adopted son is the victim in ...

A special joint meeting of the North Wilkesboro commissioners and North Wilkesboro Planning Board will be held Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wilkes Art Gallery at 913 ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05) will chair the House Rules Committee for the 119th Congress, the House GOP conference confirmed recently.

Wilkes County Tax Administrator Will Lankford and representatives of Vincent Valuations, hired to assist with the latest revaluation of Wilkes property, are engaged presentations to help people unders ...

Recently released results of the 2022 U.S. Census of Agriculture show the number of farms in Wilkes County dropped by 6.5%, farmland increased by 7.5% and net cash farm income ...

Larry Dean Todd, 65, of Hays, passed away Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at his home. He was born on Feb. 11, 1959, in Iredell County to Raymond Dean and Edna Irene McGee Todd. Preceding him in death ...

A goal of $1 million in pledges and donations from private sources has been reached for the Wilkes Economic Development Corp.’s LEAP fund, announced Wilkes EDC President LeeAnn Nixon during ...