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.

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

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.

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 ...

Elite Cheer and Hip Hop teams will kick off their season on Dec. 13–14 as they travel to Tennessee to compete in the Great Smoky ...

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.

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 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.