Wilkes Art Gallery will accept submissions for the 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview Photography Competition and Exhibition on from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan 2 and from 10 a.m.

The seventh annual Wilkes Literacy Gingerbread House Festival at the 1915 building on Main Street, Wilkesboro, Dec. 6 and 7 ...

The annual Wilkes County Christmas Parade, organized by the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. rolled through the North Wilkesboro ...

The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 10 announced felony charges filed against 29 people with Wilkes County addresses and seven others, mostly involving methamphetamine.

An announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website stated, “With icy road conditions reported throughout the county this ...

After discussing possibly seeking new bids for building a fire station, the North Wilkesboro commissioners are again proceeding with a Goldsboro-based company as design-build contractor for the ...

Former and current Wilkesboro firefighters, family members of nearly all of the 17 men who were Wilkesboro fire chiefs and others helped celebrate the department’s 100th anniversary Saturday at the ...

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Filing for local elected offices slowed considerably after an initial burst of activity when the period for throwing hats into the ring began Dec. 1.

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

North Carolina needs $120 billion worth of new investment in water, stormwater, and sewer systems, according to a recent report from the U.S. Water Alliance.