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 ...

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 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 Ronda town board scheduled an emergency meeting for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Ronda Town Hall.

In its Mountain Valley Conference opener, the East Wilkes golf team secured a five-stroke win Monday at New River Country Club in Sparta.

The West Wilkes tennis team cruised to an 8-1 intercounty win over North Wilkes in Millers Creek on Thursday. Emily Watkins, Emmalyn Winters, Reagan Bell, Kaylee Pilkenton and Emilia Olvera were ...

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.

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

Traphill and Austin fire departments responded to assist with a large fire in multiple structures on the Main Street of ...

Brooke Caudill Harrold reported the theft of a Taurus GX4 9MM, semi-automatic handgun, flatscreen TV, generator, battery charger and four Nissan Maxima wheels and tire ...

Public Broadcasting North Carolina's "10 to Try" will feature popular destinations in western North Carolina for the fall.