In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...

The Wilkesboro Town Council has officially approved a major upgrade and expansion of the town’s wastewater treatment plant for a cost not to exceed $89.8 million.

The following article includes additional information on five of the 11 people who filed as candidates for elected offices in Wilkesboro or North Wilkesboro this year. Similar information ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous recent thefts, including at Millers Creek Elementary School.

Democratic leaders in the House so far have managed to keep intact Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of six bills allowing people to ...

In the middle of a dark September night in 1711 in Carolina, John Lawson found himself captive, tied up and flung in the center of the council ring of the ...

Attendance and demand for local peaches were both strong at the seventh annual Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival in the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons in Wilkesboro Friday and ...

Members of the N.C. State Health Plan will be able to get a knee replacement or other surgeries at no cost under a new program that marks a shift for the group that helps insure 740,000 teachers ...

The number of homeschooled children in Wilkes County increased by about 10.5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and again from 2023-24 to 2024-25, according to data from the N.C. Department of ...

Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication ...

Industrial league softball games were a popular summer activity in Wilkes County for decades. North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola ...