The awarding of $3.34 million to provide high speed internet access to 658 homes in scattered locations in Wilkes County was ...

Boomer firefighters used leaf blowers and a garden hose to keep a wildfire from reaching a large home on the afternoon of ...

A man was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, ...

An update on ongoing Wilkes County high school athletic facility improvements was provided during the Wilkes school board’s ...

News of North Carolina’s record number of flu deaths in the 2024-25 flu season, including eight in Wilkes County, is cause for even greater concern about the adverse impact of ...

The West Wilkes track and field boys had four runner-up showings Saturday at the Craig Styron Foothills Classic at West Caldwell High School in Lenoir.

In recognition of April being Community College Month, the story of one student’s experiences at Wilkes Community College is ...

A record 500-plus flu-related deaths in North Carolina, including eight Wilkes County residents as of Tuesday, were recorded for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season.

Alabama bass, which are invasive to North Carolina, are now in more rivers and lakes than ever before and are competing with ...

Students and employees of the Wilkes County Schools were recognized for accomplishments during the April 7 meeting of the ...

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night scheduled public hearings for eight of at least 11 volunteer fire departments with proposed fiscal 2025-26 fire district tax rates that aren’t ...

The Wilkes County Democratic Party’s annual Convention is from 10 a.m. to noon at the Wilkes Agricultural Center at the end of Executive Drive in Wilkesboro.