In celebration of historian David McCullough’s July 7 birthday, The Reading Trap, our branch library’s book club, embarked on an ambitious literary journey: a “big Book Read” of Truman, McCullough’s ...

The theft of two cables underneath two 53-foot-long trailers in a break-in at Barnes & Severt Lumber Co. on N.C. North between Wilkesboro and Millers Creek was reported on July 18. The cables are ...

The Wilkes Heritage Museum announced the release of a new book titled ,“The Robert Cleveland Log Home.” ...

North Carolina is home to over 15,000 registered homeowners associations (HOAs), ranking fifth in the nation. These associations govern communities that house more than 3 million North Carolinians—nea ...

It is with optimism that I hope there is still time for the county commissioners to support our public library. I am writing to you as a Wilkes County Library ...

George Gwyn Church, local businessman, Air Force veteran and North Wilkesboro mayor from 2005 through 2009, died July 17 at ...

A 12-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Blowing Rock was reopened Monday after being damaged by Tropical Storm Helene in late September 2024.

he New York Times reports that around $1.1 billion from those cuts is money that previously earmarked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds both PBS and NPR. A PBS North ...

Heavy equipment operators from North Wilkesboro-based Division 11 of the N.C. Department of Transportation fared well in the DOT Equipment Operators Safety Training Conference in Concord in late June.

In June 2025, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed the first case of measles this year in North ...

A scholar of the law tried to trip up Jesus by asking him, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Like any good teacher, Jesus turned the tables ...

Analysis of standing timber prices in North Carolina for the second quarter of 2025 reveals a market characterized by regional variations and distinct product-specific performance.