The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating several recent theft cases. On July 22, William David Ward reported that a Craftsman generator worth $200 was stolen from his residence on Traphill Road in ...

A 51-year-old woman who became lost while hiking in Stone Mountain State Park on Saturday was found uninjured that evening but before dark.

Wilkes Youth Life Development (WYLD) will host its sixth annual Annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m. at 1605 Curtis Bridge Road in Wilkesboro.

A man died in a wreck that occurred Monday night on Idlewild Road near the Worth McNeil Road intersection in Fleetwood in southern Ashe County, reported Master Trooper Jake Macchia ...

The Town of North Wilkesboro’s next free Concert on the Deck performances at the Yadkin Valley Marketplace on the CBD Loop are from 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, with End ...

A man was sentenced to a minimum of 73 months and a maximum of 100 months in prison on July 22 after he pleaded guilty to ...

Can you remember what you did in those crazy days of summer when school was out? In my day, school ended just before Memorial Day and started up again after ...

When the leaders of WakeMed, one of the three hospital systems with large facilities in North Carolina’s most populous county, announced plans to merge with Charlotte-based Atrium Health, ...

The trial of David Andrew “Drew” Cheek of Luffman Road, Ronda, charged with first-degree murder in the July 2024 death of his wife, began with jury selection in Wilkes Superior Court Monday.

Significant rehabilitation of the Blue Ridge Ridge Parkway bridge a Milepost 276.4 over U.S. 421 in Deep Gap began on July 27, announced the National Park Service (NPS).

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 ...