Residents of an assisted living facility in North Wilkesboro and in homes elsewhere in Wilkes County were evacuated Thursday afternoon and early evening due to floodwaters resulting from 7-8 inches ...

Wilkes County is under a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Va. at 10:59 a.m. Thursday as a result of rain tied to Hurricane ...

Arrests of 20 people as a result of drug investigations conducted over the last 2 ½ months were announced Monday by Capt.

Darren Staley, 50, of the Traphill community, and Eddie Settle, 64, of the Pleasant Hill community, are candidates to ...

Representatives of Best Friends Animal Society presented a plan for reducing the Wilkes County Animal Shelter’s comparatively high euthanasia rates and making other improvements during a work session ...

Wilkes Community College is hosting a program from 1:30-2:45 p.m. Oct. 3 in the college’s Mayes Pit/Cohn Auditorium in ...

At least for now, the tide is turning on drug overdose deaths in North Carolina and nationwide.

As a professional economist for almost five decades, I am the first to admit that many economic numbers and measures are confusing.

Sarah Stevens, 64, of Mount Airy and Ken Badgett, 59, of Dobson are candidates to represent the 90th N.C. House District. The ...

FaithFest continues Saturday at the FaithFest Events Complex in Wilkesboro, with evangelist Franklin Graham and some of the ...

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Rendezvous Mountain Chapter, is sponsoring three separate contests this year: the American History Essay Contest (grades 5-8); the American Histo ...

App State Football opened its Sun Belt Conference schedule with a 48-14 home loss to South Alabama on Thursday night in Kidd ...