Niki Hamby has been named interim Wilkes County fire marshal as a result of Chris Hicks resigning to accept the position of fire marshal in Alexander County.

SkillsUSA students placed well at the 60th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Atlanta June ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...