Tropical Storm Bertha has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation announced that it will shift traffic starting Thursday where Winkler Mill Road and Winkler Mill Road Extension intersect with U.S. 421 opposite each other in ...

Streets of North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro were lined with people on July 16 for the parade of brightly painted ...

Wilkes County native Savannah Grace Walsh, a Christian singer, songwriter and recording artist in Nashville, sings the ...

As North Carolina continues to see elevated cyclosporiasis cases, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with the N.C. Department of Agriculture (NCDA) and local ...

Speedway Motorsports’ goal of maintaining the historical integrity of the North Wilkesboro Speedway as it renovated the iconic venue included again using a hand-operated scoreboard, along with using a ...

The eighth annual Brushy Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival, organized by the Brushy Mountain Community Center board, is Friday and Saturday in the Community Commons and on the nearby portion ...

Several thefts and other incidents were reported recently to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office. Theft of copper wire worth about $500 from a furnace unit and a garage door worth about $300 from a residence ...

I’m a tax paying citizen here in Wilkes County and have some questions regarding the installation, use, monitoring, data and citizens’ rights with Flock traffic cameras.

I am not a Carolina West customer, but I am a consumer of their generosity to the Wilkes County community. They have consistently supported programming at the Walker Center, and ...

For years, North Carolina has debated how to make healthcare more affordable, more accessible and more accountable. Meanwhile, our neighbor to the west has quietly enacted two healthcare reforms that ...

In war, alliances often prove decisive. But as Sun Tzu observed nearly 2,500 years ago, allies can often be more trouble than they are worth. “We cannot enter ...