The following article is published in recognition of the roles of Col. Benjamin and Capt. Robert Cleveland as part of the ...

Portions of at least 25 public roads in Wilkes County were closed for different lengths of time due to flooding or mudslides ...

Wilkes Countians are responding to catastrophic damage from Tropical Storm Helene in Ashe and other more mountainous counties ...

Five new businesses opened and seven façade improvements and 11 building improvements were made in downtown North Wilkesboro ...

In a county government budget work session in 2011, the Wilkes commissioners discussed cutting the $366,000 appropriation for WCC salary supplements by about $120,000 to partly fund a 1% across ...

Saturday promises to be a big day in North Wilkesboro, with tens of thousands of people downtown for the 45th annual Brushy Mountain Apple Festival and another big crowd less than a mile away at ...

Wilkes County government, in partnership with Speedway Motorsports Inc., is collecting donations to assist people in Wilkes and nearby counties impacted by Tropical Storm Helene at the Wilkes ...

All North Carolina state parks west of Interstate 77 are closed through at least Oct. 31, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced.

Heavy rain and high winds resulting from Tropical Storm Helene adversely impacted this year’s bumper apple crop on the Brushy ...

Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) recently protected 133 acres of mountain top land in northwestern Ashe County by securing a ...

The Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at North Wilkesboro Speedway has now been rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m.