The State Board of Education approved the final draft of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) 37-page, five-year strategic plan, titled “Achieving Educational Excellence,” in its monthly ...

Wilkesboro firefighters and police worked together to rescue a dog from the side of a rock cliff along busy U.S. 421 Business ...

Wilkes School Superintendent Mark Byrd on March 5 announced that two eastern Wilkes County schools have new principals.

The Wilkes County Tax Office is reviewing 1,851 (84%) of 2,203 appeals of new values assigned in the 2025 revaluation of real property, said Wilkes Tax Administrator Will Lankford during ...

Fresh Start Farm is a therapeutic work program that operates under auspices of Wilkes Recovery Revolution. It provides fresh ...

North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles is the subject of two new audits looking to address long wait times for customers ...

The Wilkesboro Town Council on Monday unanimously rezoned two separate and unrelated residential properties for general business use.

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night approved a renewed lease of 5,970 square feet in the Wilkes Agricultural Center in Wilkesboro to the U.S. General Services Administration to provide ...

The release of an online resource showcasing outdoor and other recreational assets in Wilkes County was announced recently.

A Biography,” will speak about the frontiersman and sign books at the Wilkes Heritage Museum in Wilkesboro on Sept. 6.

An 18-year-old was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle as a result of a wreck on U.S. 21 in the Wilkes County portion ...

North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church at 804 E Street was recently certified as an “Earth Care Congregation” by the ...