Submit items to [email protected] before 9 a.m. Monday for Thursday’s paper. Include time, place and name of sponsoring nonprofit. There is no charge. Wilkes Cowboy Church will meet Thursday, ...

Wilkes Health & Rehabilitation in North Wilkesboro recently organized a fall prevention competition with the chair exercise group at the Wilkes Senior Center. The event was designed to promote balance ...

Two people who lost their paddles while kayaking down the Yadkin River in eastern Wilkes County were rescued late Thursday ...

Three people died, including an off-duty Wilkes Sheriff’s Office deputy, as a result of a two-vehicle collision on Red White and Blue Road in Roaring River about 7 p.m. Friday.

North Wilkesboro police were involved in two motor vehicle chases Monday, both starting on N.C. 18 North and ending in wrecks ...

More work is needed on a building at 711 Main Street recently bought by North Wilkesboro before Optimi LLC (doing business as ...

Kim Caudill, who retired this month as Wilkes County director of elections, looked back on three decades of close involvement ...

Jennifer Furr’s last day as director of the Wilkes Heritage Museum, a position she has held since the museum opened in the old Wilkes County Courthouse in Wilkesboro in 2005, ...

The Wilkesboro Police Department arrested two men on charges of selling illegal controlled substances after search warrants ...

Both House and Senate Chambers had an eventful week last week. • HB 612, Fostering Care in North Carolina Act. • SB 77 School Contracted Health Services.