A Broadway Fire Department pumper fire truck was heavily damaged when a private bridge near the entrance to the Vulcan ...

A man was sentenced to at least 25 years and a maximum of 31 years in prison in Wilkes Superior Court Tuesday after he ...

A special joint meeting of the North Wilkesboro commissioners and North Wilkesboro Planning Board will be held Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wilkes Art Gallery at 913 ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05) will chair the House Rules Committee for the 119th Congress, the House GOP conference confirmed recently.

Wilkes County Tax Administrator Will Lankford and representatives of Vincent Valuations, hired to assist with the latest revaluation of Wilkes property, are engaged presentations to help people unders ...

A goal of $1 million in pledges and donations from private sources has been reached for the Wilkes Economic Development Corp.’s LEAP fund, announced Wilkes EDC President LeeAnn Nixon during ...

Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) was recently awarded $100,000 from the Recreational Trails Program through the N.C. Department of Parks and Recreation for the construction of Phase 1 of the Northern ...

Wilkes Community College announced recipients of 2024-25 Vulcan Materials Company scholarships, awarded to students in the ...

An N.C. Cooperative Extension Service hands-on workshop on pruning blackberry bushes and more will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m ...

Winners of the Wilkes Art Gallery’s 44th annual Blue Ridge Overview were announced in an opening ceremony for the exhibition ...

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