Country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton took time to experience Wilkes County when she performed at Wilkes Community’s College’s MerleFest on April 28, 2001.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program started by Parton’s Dollywood Foundation, resulted in 284,740 age-appropriate books being mailed to families of Wilkes County children up to age 5 since i ...

More definitive plans for a “river district” in the ‘boros” — mostly in North Wilkesboro but also in Wilkesboro — were told ...

During an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Ronda commissioners agreed by consensus to meet at 4 p.m. Saturday at town hall and decide then what to do regarding the town’s ...

A new scripted TV series in development explores the early days of stock car racing in North Carolina, including Wilkes ...

The Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club recently announced its five latest scholarship recipients.

Using feedback from farmers across the state, researchers with N.C. State University’s Food Animal Initiative (FAI) are ...

A Wilkesboro man died when the bicycle he was operating and a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV collided on two-lane Wilkes-Yadkin Road in southeastern Wilkes County late Wednesday morning.

The North Wilkes soccer team threw a 3-0 clean sheet over North Stokes in Danbury on Monday. After the nonconference tilt, North Wilkes upped its preseason mark to 1-2. North Stokes dipped to 2-1-1.

The Wilkes Central boys finished third and the Eagle girls took fourth Thursday in the River Run Cross Country Twilight Invitational at Fisher River Park in Dobson.

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on a charge of attempted first-degree murder Sunday as a result in an incident ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office in June and July. Joshua Croom to Allen Hackman and Anne Hackman, 3.5 acres and right of way in Walnut ...