The Wilkes Heritage Museum’s 19th annual bingo, silent auction and live auction fundraiser is Saturday, Feb. 28, at the museum, which is in the old Wilkes County Courthouse at 100 ...

A woman received a non-life-threatening wound and the man who shot her then fatally shot himself at Covington Way Apartments in Wilkesboro Thursday night, reported Wilkesboro Police Chief Jason ...

Surry County residents A.J. Daoud, Paul Barker and Dan Kiger are in the Republican primary for representing the 90th House ...

A three-hour Wilkes County commissioner work session on Feb. 19 ended with discussion on seeking at least a 5% reduction in county department and other appropriations in the fiscal 2026-27 ...

Linda Greene was recognized as 2026 Wilkes County Republican of the Year at the party’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner Saturday ...

The East Wilkes boys kicked off the postseason with an upset win on the road Tuesday evening in Mount Holly. The #20 Cardinals knocked off #13 Mountain Island Charter, 58-56, in the opening round of ...

The early voting turnout in Wilkes County for party primaries and the Wilkes Board of Education election appears to be following a statewide trend of being well ahead of the ...

Two Wilkes County residents are candidates to represent the U.S. 5th Congressional District.

Approval of state assistance to encourage industrial development of a 16-acre parcel in Wilkesboro and a 22-acre parcel in North Wilkesboro was announced Feb. 19 and discussed during the Wilkes ...

Three Wilkes County farms are among recipients of the latest round of NC AgVentures grants, awarded by the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service to encourage development of initiatives that increase farm ...

Two Wilkes County youths won the State Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot for their age groups Saturday at Grimsley High School in ...

Republican Michael Whatley asked an audience in North Wilkesboro Saturday night if they preferred being represented in the U.S. Senate by a “conservative champion for North Carolina and an ally ...