The Wilkes Department of Social Services is seeking sponsors for children in foster care or extended foster care to help ensure they receive Christmas gifts this year.

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Oct. 24-30 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Donna Sharpe, Sam Sharpe, Douglas Kilby, Kathy Kilby, Clay Taylor and Heather Taylor to ...

An unoccupied, wood frame house at 2524 Boomer Road in the Boomer community was destroyed by fire on the night of Oct. 28.

In commanding fashion, East Wilkes earned a spot in the 2A West finals by blanking Gray Stone Day, 6-0, in Ronda on Oct. 22. “Our girls were dominant,” said East’s coach, Aaron Simmons. “The focus, ...

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The Wilkes Central cross country boys were runners-up and the Eagle girls finished third Saturday in the 4A West Region race at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring.

Victory gardens A countywide meeting to discuss Victory gardens for 1943 will be held at the county courthouse in Wilkesboro on Friday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. J.B. Snipes, Wilkes County extension agent, ...

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

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.

Union Baptist Church at 420 Colvard Road in the Wilbar section of Millers Creek will have a fall festival from 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1.

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

The Aspen Institute announced on Oct. 28 that Wilkes Community College is among 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.