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.

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, ...

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

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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.

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

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 ...

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.

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

A Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC) program that pays rent and utility bills of low-income people and provides them other aid in emergency situations has been halted due to the federal ...