Two unrelated fatalities occurred on separate Iredell County roads on June 26, according to Christopher M. Casey, master trooper with the N.C. Highway Patrol.

The state’s seasonally adjusted May 2024 unemployment rate was 3.6%, increasing 0.1 of a percentage point from April’s ...

Wilkes Art Gallery has been working hard to create more public art opportunities for local organizations and property owners.

On a recent June day, Matt Drury, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s associate director of science and stewardship, tapped a ...

At the numerous presentations I give during the year, I am frequently asked this question: What is the most important issue facing the country? Since I know the question is ...

Join N.C. Cooperative Extension, Wilkes County Center and Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Wilkes County for our annual tomato tasting at the Wilkes County Farmers Market, located at the Yadkin ...

Samaritan’s Purse commissioned eight additional disaster response vehicles into service on Friday at the firm’s North American Ministries building in North Wilkesboro.

A workshop specifically for strawberry growers in western North Carolina will take place in Wilkesboro on Friday, Aug. 9, from 1-4:30 p.m.

Yadkin River Greenway Benefit Golf Tournament was held Thursday, June 27, at Oakwoods Country Club. Under clear weather conditions and temperatures in the low 80s, the tournament ...

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Adam Collins will be preaching at Garden Creek Baptist Church on Sunday, July 7 at 9 a.m. Everyone is invited to worship in this historic church within the Stone Mountain ...

The Wilkes County commissioners are again considering using part of the former Lowe’s Companies Inc. corporate headquarters building in Wilkesboro to house county government departments.