Two shows, “Menagerie” and “Pickin’ the Ridge” will open at the Wilkes Art Gallery on Sept. 11. An opening reception for the ...

Wilkes Senior Resources will host a document shredding event at the Wilkes Senior Center on Fairplains School Road in North Wilkesboro from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.

North Carolina ranks ninth in the nation in financial distress of the state’s residents, according to a report from WalletHub.

If farmers don’t have labor to help produce crops, they can’t stay afloat. For many, it means not losing an asset in the family for generations and means more than a business. Labor is a top issue for ...

Wilkes Senior Resources will host a Health Fair at the Wilkes Senior Center gym on Fairplains School Road in North Wilkesboro from 8:30-11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced recent rabies cases in baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in the Harmony community of northern Iredell County.

Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business entered the 2026–27 academic year with top honors from five major publications.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is still predicting below normal hurricane activity in the 2026 hurricane season, which entered its peak period in early September.

Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a synagogue. She didn’t have a Jewish partner. She didn’t observe Jewish rituals regularly.

The North Wilkesboro commissioners voted 4-1 to seek a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a gas-powered trolleybus to help address downtown parking problems in their meeting on ...

The annual Lincoln Heights School reunion begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the school with an assembly that will include comments from former students Shelia Bailey, the Rev. Romie Horton ...

A $165,000 grant from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Preservation Trust Fund has been awarded to Wilkes County government for a feasibility study on establishing a regional farmers market in ...