Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

NASCAR All-Star Race Weekend will feature a “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” on Saturday, May 17, when Jake Owen takes the stage ...

Lowe’s Companies Inc. sold its former corporate headquarters facility in Wilkesboro, originally the Wilkes Mall, to Wilkesboro-based Finley Properties late last week.

A small, nameless stream that flows for about 2 1/2 miles through forests and fields in the Purlear community before emptying into the North Prong of Lewis Fork Creek may ...

I serve on the following committees: Agriculture, Energy and Environment; Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural and Economic ...

The Wilkes Community College Small Business Center and Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service are co-sponsoring three free upcoming workshops at the Wilkes County Agricultural Center at 416 Executive ...

The Air Force Junior ROTC unit at Wilkes Central High School is collecting non-perishable food and toiletries during the entire month of February for Wilkes Ministry of h.o.p.e. to give ...

Cindy Thompson has been named new president of the Wilkes County Chamber of Commerce, effective Feb. 3.

Samaritan’s Purse’s ongoing efforts for Tropical Storm Helene victims in western North Carolina and East Tennessee include ...

Jarvis, director of the Wilkes Community College Small Business Center, will be the speaker for a series of in-person business seminars WCC’S Alleghany Center in Sparta.

Appalachian State University is hosting free community Aging Academy events on its Boone and Hickory campuses this winter and spring.

The East Wilkes girls came out on top of the Northwest 1A Conference wrestling tournament Saturday at Alleghany High School ...