Authorities responded to an incident with shots fired in the parking lot of the Wilkes Family YMCA in N.C. 268 West in ...

One of the two lanes of U.S. 21 on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in northeastern Wilkes County will be closed for retaining wall repairs starting July 21 unless delayed, ...

A man was arrested on 17 felony and misdemeanor charges after an eight-mile, high-speed chase in and near Wilkesboro ended ...

Appalachian State University researchers have identified where enslaved people were buried on the grounds of Fort Defiance, ...

A Miniature Art Exhibition open at the Wilkes Art Gallery in downtown North Wilkesboro on Friday, July 18, and ...

The Wilkes Economic Development Corp. is conducting an online survey as part of the process of updating the organization’s strategic plan.

A Wilkes Sheriff’s Office deputy shot a man during an incident Saturday in Moravian Falls.

There’s a certain kind of magic that rolls into Wilkes County when summer hits full stride. Most mornings, as I walk to work on the Yadkin River Greenway, are thick ...

The North Wilkes High School Class of 1975 held its 50th reunion on June 7 at the Stone Center in North Wilkesboro.

Two encounters with foxes that apparently were rabid, one in which a man was attacked and the other in which a dog was attacked, occurred Saturday on the upper campus ...

The filing period for people seeking seats on the North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro governing bodies this year began Monday, with two incumbents and two newcomers filing by press time this ...

Republicans now have a 3-2 majority on the Wilkes and other county boards of election in North Carolina as a result of legislation passed in late 2024, thus reversing the ...