The Wilkes County commissioners on Aug. 4 approved two contracts calling for county government to spend about $3.8 million on water and sewer lines along N.C. 115 as part of ...

N.C. 115 will remain a two-lane highway when widened from the U.S. 421/N.C. 115 interchange to within North Wilkesboro, but with a concrete median limiting left turns to certain locations ...

David Andrew “Drew” Cheek of Luffman Town Road, Ronda, showed little emotion as he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no parole in the ...

The second week of David Andrew “Drew” Cheek’s first-degree murder trial in Wilkes Superior Court will begin Monday with Cheek testifying, said his court-appointed attorney, Jay Vannoy.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Wilkes Medical Center in North Wilkesboro was awarded the American Nurses Credentialing ...

Kelley Holbrook with Mountain Valley Hospice provided an outstanding presentation on Understanding Dementia during a recent ...

Impacted by mortgage rates not dropping and construction costs rising, permits issued for building new single-family homes in Wilkes County decreased by about 28% from the first half of 2025 ...

Two of the Wilkes Heritage Museum’s most popular features are its moonshine and NASCAR exhibits.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture is again urging the public to report sightings of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive, Asian insect that is a known pest of grapes, apple trees, ...

The 2026-27 schedule of entertainment at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir has been announced. It includes: ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office in May. Donna Thompson to Jon Garing, one acre in Edwards Township. Delmar McDaniel to Roger Spillman, ...