Two well-established Americana jam bands are returning to MerleFest this year after appearing at the festival early in their careers.

An announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website stated, “With icy road conditions reported throughout the county this morning, Wilkes County Schools will operate on a remote learning day today, ...

A large home near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Sheets Gap Overlook in the northern edge of Wilkes County was destroyed by fire late Saturday night.

Rep. Blair Eddins of Purlear filed for reelection to his second term representing the 94th District in the N.C. House on Dec.

The Wilkes County commissioners appointed Makayla Norman of the Wilbar community to a vacant seat for region four of the Advisory Board of the Wilkes Voluntary and Wilkes Enhanced Voluntary ...

According to an announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website Sunday (Dec. 7), Wilkes schools will be closed for students on Monday, Dec. 8, and students will have a remote ...

An angel accented the top of our family’s Christmas tree each year when I was growing up. This regal figure featured a golden gown, wings and a halo. Angels have ...

North Carolina veterinary officials are asking horse owners in the state to watch for symptoms of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) following diagnoses of multiple horses with the highly contagi ...

The driver of a 2014 Ford Taurus that was traveling in the wrong direction on U.S. 421 east of the Wilkesboros died as a result of the Ford colliding with a 2015 Subaru Forester headed in the correct ...

A woman lost her life in a house fire the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, at 329 Old U.S. 421 in the Champion Fire District, ...

We can make Jesus more important in our lives by putting Christ in the center of all we do,” says Nathaniel, 8. “We do this by finding pleasure in studying ...

The North Wilkes varsity girls rallied past Davie County, 41-39, in hardwood action Tuesday in Hays. The Vikings trailed by ...