The Boone-based Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) announced last week that it bought 335 acres of forested land in the eastern end ...

The Little Brushy Mountain Fire Department Fire District’s rating was improved from a 9 to a 5 (on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 ...

Wilkes Central’s Ava Redies and Morgan Woodard each had a pair of second-place track finishes Friday in the 70-team Mount Tabor Mile & Throwing Thunder in Winston-Salem.

The Mountain Homespun Fiber Guild and the Blue Ridge Fiber Fest in Sparta are partnering on a project inspired by this year’s festival theme, “From Ridge to Reef.” ...

The 55th annual Carlton-Howell family reunion starts at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 29, at Thankful Baptist Church on N.C. 18 South in the Boomer community.

N.C. Department of Transportation personnel were scheduled to begin replacing a 54-year-old bridge where Preacher Field Road crosses Big Elkin Creek in the Pleasant Ridge community of eastern Wilkes C ...

In Article Audio Player Lawn care and pest management companies must have a commercial pesticide applicator license to treat residential or commercial properties. Certification by passing a Core exam ...

Downtown North Wilkesboro fire hydrants are being painted with red, white and blue color themes to help celebrate the ...

A Wilkes County man remains in the Cabarrus County Jail in Concord with a $505,000 bond after being arrested and charged by the Cabarrus Sheriff’s Office with one felony count ...

The Brushy Mountain peach crop was damaged by not as severely as first feared by sub-freezing temperatures within the eight-hour period ending about 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 17 and the ...

Wilkes County government’s unassigned fund balance (uncommitted funds) fell from 33% of yearly budgeted general fund expenditures at the end of fiscal 2024-25 to about 27% now, according to informatio ...

The last major furniture manufacturer based in Wilkes County has new ownership.