Foundation awarded $15,000 to Wilkes Community College’s Workforce Development and Community Education (WDCE) division for the SECU Bridge to Career Program, plus $3,000 more ...

McNeill Chevrolet in Wilkesboro hosted its eighth annual Hometown Heroes event honoring local emergency services personnel on ...

The North Wilkesboro commissioners unanimously endorsed taking steps to again make video recordings of town board meetings and post them online.

The Holiday Bazaar Crawl returns in the Wilkesboros on Saturday, Nov. 8, with the addition of Wilkesboro United Methodist ...

The fourth annual Spooktacular, from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, drew the event’s biggest crowd yet to downtown North Wilkesboro.

The Wilkes County Democratic Party will have its annual Century Club Dinner fundraiser starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Holiday Inn Express at 1700 Winkler Street, Wilkesboro.

The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will provide breeding soundness exams for bulls at the Wilkes Livestock Exchange in ...

A federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 continued this week and threatens Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits scheduled to start Nov. 1.

Races for mayor and two commissioner seats in North Wilkesboro and for two Wilkesboro Town Council seats are in final stretches, with Election Day on Nov. 4 and early voting ...

An update on use of three state or federal grants totaling about $5.45 million for the Ronda water system was given during the town board’s Oct. 21 meeting.

The 85th Walsh family reunion was held on the afternoon of Oct. 12 at Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Ferguson.

A Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC) program that helps low-income people in Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties with rent and utility bills and in other ways in emergencies has been ...