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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A women criticized recent action by the state legislature that increased state funds for private school vouchers and then raised questions about diversity, equity and inclusion during the Feb. 3 ...

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

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

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

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

The Wilkes Central girls and the West Wilkes boys captured Foothills 2A Conference indoor track titles Jan. 30 at the JDL ...