Alabama bass, which are invasive to North Carolina, are now in more rivers and lakes than ever before and are competing with ...

If Jesus rose from the dead today, how would you announce his resurrection? “I would be screaming,” says Meg, age 9, “ ‘Jesus is not in the tomb.’ I would be telling everyone in the world. I think ...

Wilkes Community College recently hosted its 28th annual Student Awards Reception at the John A. Walker Community Center.

Officials in North Carolina and other states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and other ...

House Bill 306, called “Affordable Housing for Local Employees,” was recently introduced as a “local bill” to authorize Blowing Rock and Boone, Watauga County and the Watauga County Board of ...

Opening night reception for Work by ArtMix, a show featuring new works and a tribute to ArtMix member Orna Moradov Bentor, is 5:30-7:30 p.m.. Friday at the Wilkes Art Gallery.

She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke ...

Boomer passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at Wilkes Assisted Living. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 12, ...

The N.C. Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision in Alexander County on N.C. 16 at Millersville Road south of Taylorsville at about 5:40 p.m. March 28.

The Ola Belle Reed Song Writer’s Retreat is April 11-13 at the Ashe Civic Center and Ashe Arts Center in West Jefferson.

Students in the Fantasia Junior Music Club in Wilkes County received high ratings for their performances in the N.C. Federation of Junior Music Clubs Festival at Wake Forest University in ...

NASCAR All-Star Race Week of show-stopping entertainment and wheel-to-wheel excitement will descend on North Wilkesboro Speedway May 15-18, giving fans the most on-track, event-week action in the ...