The red imported fire ant continues to spread across North Carolina, aided by global warming and when infested soil, sod, nursery stock and other materials is moved around the state.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture is again urging the public to report sightings of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive, Asian insect that is a known pest of grapes, apple trees, ...

A motorcyclist died as a result of a wreck on U.S. 421 East near the Clingman Road interchange Sunday afternoon, reported Master Trooper Jake Macchia of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

The scholarship was established in 2017 with a donation to WCC from the estate of Carol Madge Shepherd in memory of her ...

The Wilkes Community College Small Business Center announced an upcoming schedule of free programs, all facilitated by the WCC Small Business Center and online unless otherwise stated.

The 47th annual Northwest Artists’ Exhibition and third annual Minute: A Miniature Art Exhibition both opened July 17.

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 ...

A man who was the pastor of churches in Wilkes County for nearly 50 years was sentenced to a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 23 years in prison ...

The new executive director of the Wilkes Family YMCA and the Wilkes Express YMCA lives in North Wilkesboro and previously ...

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

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 ...

North Wilkesboro Town Manager Eddie Holland announced that the town is working with the Wilkes Economic Corp. to sell a ...