Playing a rare Tuesday night game, the East Wilkes varsity football team built a big lead in the first half and cruised to a ...

East Wilkes junior Lauren Macemore finished in a four-way tie for 29th Tuesday in the 1A/2A golf championships at Sapona Golf ...

The N.C. Highway Patrol investigated a fatal collision in Iredell County on U.S. 64 near Lippard Farm Road Sunday afternoon.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School will have a bingo fundraiser, sponsored by the Champion Fire Department, on Friday, Nov. 8. All proceeds will benefit the school playground/community park. This park w ...

Sonya Gilreath will read from her recently published book, “Healing the Little Girl Within," and sign copies on Nov. 9 at noon in the Friends of the Library meeting room.

Pilot Mountain officials announced that they have placed town manager, Michael Boaz, on leave with pay. The Mount Airy News quoted Pilot Mountain Mayor Evan Cockerham as saying the action deals with ...

As cooler weather arrives in western North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services urges individuals, families and communities impacted by Hurricane Helene to take safety precaution ...

The following land and rights of way were filed Oct. 8-16 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office Michael Reeves and Beverly Reeves to Kirby Lowe, 11,262 square feet in Reddies River Township. Jane ...

Bricks inscribed with names of veterans and details about their service and then placed around the veterans monument on the museum front lawn will be dedicated. These are sold to ...

Election Day for the 2024 general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5, with 25 polling sites in Wilkes County open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The 44th annual Moore family reunion was held on Sept. 14 in the Liberty Baptist Church fellowship hall in the Brushy Mountain community, with at least 40 people attending.

Boxwood blights are a fungal disease that can be fatal if no measures are taken to manage the disease at the early stage of infection and symptom appearance. There are two different fungal pathogens ...