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 ...

Heim has won the last two Truck Series races at NWS, but his considerable talent around the iconic bullring wasn’t enough to steal the zMAX CARS Tour crown from Honeycutt. Instead, Honeycutt ...

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

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.

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.

Award winners in the Wilkes America 250 Parade on July 4, organized by the North Wilkesboro Rotary Club, were announced this week. Rotary Club President Fred Costello said the award winners were: ...

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

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