A man was sentenced to between 94 months and 234 months in prison after he pleaded guilty while not admitting guilt to two ...

The Wilkes County commissioners approved authorizing Pleasant Hill Fire & Rescue to provide heavy rescue services during their meeting on Aug. 5.

It’s one of the most highly anticipated times of the year – the start of the school year and the coming of fall high school sports. The excitement, however, is ...

Rain has delayed completion of some high school athletic facility improvements, said Bergie Speaks, Wilkes County Schools director of facilities and construction, during the Wilkes Board of ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division recently swore in 23 new wildlife law enforcement officers graduating from the agency’s 61st Basic Academy training.

The charter of Blue Ridge Mountain Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 in North Wilkesboro remains temporarily suspended as new post officers receive training in VFW policies and procedures, said ...

The Wilkes County Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will host a free ginseng production workshop at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Wilkes Agricultural Center at 416 Executive ...

Wilkesboro firefighters and police worked together to rescue a dog from the side of a rock cliff along busy U.S. 421 Business around 5:15 p.m. Aug. 6.

Wilkesboro firefighters and police worked together to rescue a dog from the side of a rock cliff along busy U.S. 421 Business ...

A renewed debate about the three -isms of socialism, communism and capitalism has been sparked by a proclaimed socialist candidate, who some claim is actually a communist, running in the ...

The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, the American Bible Society (ABS) ...

North Carolina’s housing stock reflects broader trends driving the state’s development, including demographic and economic forces that have transformed the state over the past several decades.