The candidate filing period ended at noon Friday with three people running for North Wilkesboro mayor, five for two North Wilkesboro commissioner seats and three for two Wilkesboro Town Council ...

George Gwyn Church, local businessman, Air Force veteran and North Wilkesboro mayor from 2005 through 2009, died July 17 at ...

When the deadline for filing for elected office passed at noon Friday, three people had filed for North Wilkesboro mayor, ...

A 12-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Blowing Rock was reopened Monday after being damaged by Tropical Storm Helene in late September 2024.

In June 2025, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed the first case of measles this year in North ...

The Wilkesboro Police Department arrested a man for firing shots during an incident in the parking lot of the Wilkes Family ...

The Wilkes Heritage Museum announced the release of a new book titled ,“The Robert Cleveland Log Home.” ...

The Wilkes County Cooperative Extension Service and Extension Master Gardener volunteers of Wilkes will have their annual tomato tasting at the Wilkes County Farmers Market from 8:30 a.m. to noon ...

Months of training and other preparations in the Wilkes County Courthouse culminated Monday with changeover to eCourts, a paperless records system mandated statewide by the N.C. Supreme Court.

The Wilkes Community College Small Business Center announced the following free business webinars and in-person seminars in late July through early October.

The Boone-based Blue Ridge Conservancy is inviting the public to make donations to the conservancy’s Land Protection Acquisition Fund in honor of Charlie Brady as he prepares to retire as ...

It is with optimism that I hope there is still time for the county commissioners to support our public library. I am writing to you as a Wilkes County Library ...