A variety of felony cases were heard in the Oct. 2 and Sept. 25 sessions of Wilkes District Court. Felony cases heard in the Oct. 2 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge ...

In recognition of Sober October, what better time to shine the spotlight on a local company that has recently entered the exploding market of nonalcoholic beer.

The Mount Airy golf team won by a single stroke over East Wilkes in a Northwest 1A Conference match Sept. 25 at Cedarbrook Country Club in Elkin.

On average, NFPA research shows that heating equipment is involved in more than 56,000 reported U.S. home structure fires per year, with associated loss of more than 470 civilian deaths, more than ...

The immediate impact of Hurricane Helene’s destruction in western North Carolina has subsided, but the storm’s economic aftershocks in the region have only just begun.

The Wilkes Heritage Museum and Wilkes Genealogical Society will present local author and researcher Lane Harrison Dyer for a program at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in the auditorium on the ...

Wilkes Chamber of Commerce President Linda Cheek said it’s important for the public to know that not all of western North Carolina was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Helene.

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in North Carolina following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declarat ...

"Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven," said Jesus (Matthew 7:21).

Wilkesboro United Methodist Church at 309 Main Street will host an event in which people can bring unwanted documents and have them shredded for free from 9 a.m. to noon ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently assessing the impacts to agriculture and forestry across the region. USDA spokesperson Robert Bonnie said the greatest damage was done to corn, soybeans ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Louisiana Pacific Corp. announced how the company and its LP Foundation are assisting victims of Tropical Storm Helene locally and elsewhere. In partnership with the LP ...