The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 10 announced felony charges filed against 29 people with Wilkes County addresses and seven others, mostly involving methamphetamine.

The North Wilkes boys wrestling team split a pair of matches Tuesday in Moravian Falls, including a league-opening 77-6 romp over intercounty foe Wilkes Central.

Former and current Wilkesboro firefighters, family members of nearly all of the 17 men who were Wilkesboro fire chiefs and others helped celebrate the department’s 100th anniversary Saturday at the ...

Filing for local elected offices slowed considerably after an initial burst of activity when the period for throwing hats into the ring began Dec. 1.

North Carolina needs $120 billion worth of new investment in water, stormwater, and sewer systems, according to a recent report from the U.S. Water Alliance.

Union Baptist Church on Traphill-Union Road in Traphill will have a Christmas candlelight service starting at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.

Two well-established Americana jam bands are returning to MerleFest this year after appearing at the festival early in their careers.

An announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website stated, “With icy road conditions reported throughout the county this morning, Wilkes County Schools will operate on a remote learning day today, ...

A woman lost her life in a house fire the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, at 329 Old U.S. 421 in the Champion Fire District, ...

A large home near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Sheets Gap Overlook in the northern edge of Wilkes County was destroyed by fire late Saturday night.

Over $200,000 raised by the North Wilkesboro chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) in 2025 was distributed to 14 ...

According to an announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website Sunday (Dec. 7), Wilkes schools will be closed for students on Monday, Dec. 8, and students will have a remote ...