The East Wilkes varsity boys rallied to take a 59-57 hardcourt victory over Wilkes Central in Ronda on Tuesday.

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously approved hiring an Alexander County native as new Wilkes County tax administrator.

The Wilkes Central girls indoor track team won its fourth-straight conference crown on Monday, capturing the inaugural ...

WINSTON-SALEM - Wilkes County track and field programs made a statement at the Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference ...

The East Wilkes girls wrestling team completed a perfect league regular season by routing Wilkes Central, 48-6, in Moravian ...

The West Wilkes boys wrestling team edged North Wilkes in an intercounty showdown Tuesday, 36-33, completing a perfect run in ...

The first-place East Wilkes varsity girls basketball team cruised to a 69-14 intercounty win over Wilkes Central in Ronda on ...

Theft of four Subaru tires and wheels; a 2001 Ford Taurus hood and headlights; Ford rear tractor tire and rim and new winch worth $1,550 from the lot of Kevin Hamby Towing on N.C. 16 in Millers Creek ...

Wilkes County had a jobless rate of 4.5% in November 2025, up from 3.9% in November 2024. Wilkes had a labor force of 50,795 this past November, with 1,165 people listed as unemployed. In November ...

Nominations are open for the 2026 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards.

The N.C. Small Business Center Network (SBCN) announced that applications for competing in the SBCNPowered by Wells Fargo will be accepted from March 1 to April 7.

School mental health programs faced rapid whiplash after President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly canceled up to $2 billion in mental health and addiction treatment grants last week, only to r ...