The Wilkes County Schools’ looming “financial cliff” was explained in greater detail during a day-long Wilkes Board of Education retreat Friday in the board’s meeting room in North Wilkesboro.

Jeffrey Duncan has been appointed as the new warden of Wilkes Correctional Center, a minimum custody state prison on N.C. 115 ...

New Jersey tea, the 2013 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year, is among additions to this year’s Wilkes Cooperative ...

The American Red Cross is urging donors to give blood or platelets in February to help build up supplies after thousands of donations went uncollected in January due to severe ...

Wilkes County Schools hosted the annual Poetry Out Loud Competition on Jan. 28 at the Stone Center in North Wilkesboro.

The North Wilkes varsity girls routed Wilkes Central for the second time in seven days on Tuesday, rolling to a 64-11 ...

The Wilkes Community College fall semester dean’s list and president’s list have been announced.

An Alexander County teenager was seriously injured when the Beta 300 two-stroke trail bike he was operating ran off gravel Pores Knob Road in Moravian Falls Sunday evening.

Joshua Lewczyk was selected as the state winner in the Daughters of the American Revolution video essay contest for grades ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service is taking orders for its annual plant sale until Feb. 28.

Members of a Christian men’s organization called the Legendaries and Ministerios Emmanuel Church had a public demonstration of support for local government and local law enforcement in Wilkesboro ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested two men Wednesday morning on charges of operating video gaming machines at the Millers ...