Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed on heavily traveled sections of Wilkes County roads within the last year helped solve numerous serious crimes, while also raising civil libertie ...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) show that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among North Carolina businesses is limited and that businesses using th ...

Live music is coming to the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Doughton Park near Laurel Springs on Aug. 9 and Sept. 13 as part of the Blue ...

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The 2026-27 schedule of entertainment at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir has been announced. It includes: ...

Five years after COVID-19 disrupted religious life across the country, America’s largest Protestant churches have not only recovered—they are reporting renewed vitality, financial strength, expanding ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced new regulations for 2026-27 offering hunters increased deer harvest opportunities in Wilkes and other counties where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has ...

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.

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 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, ...

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