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, ...

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

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 Wilkesboro Police Department is investigating the theft of an outdoor heat pump for air conditioning valued at $5,000 from a commercial/office building at 1202 Woodfield Way.

The North Wilkesboro commissioners on Tuesday night approved a policy establishing guidelines for proper and authorized use of the town’s official logo and seal.

The Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will host the 23rd Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium from July 10–16 on the Boone campus.

Hugh Chatham Health and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist on Tuesday announced Hugh Chatham Health has officially joined Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, part of the third-largest nonprofit health s ...

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economy continues to outpace that of most competitors. The latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

One more column about Josephus Daniels, founder and longtime editor of the Raleigh News & Observer. This one was prompted by a recent article about the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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

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 ...

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 ...