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

Five years ago, we were brought to our knees by a deadly, invisible virus that would eventually kill millions of people around the globe.

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.

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 ...

A portion of Fishing Creek Road is closed this week in preparation for placement of a pedestrian bridge over U.S. 421 near the North Wilkesboro Speedway, reported the N.C. Department ...

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 ...

A high school choral director is Wilkes County’s new teacher of the year, while the new principal of the year leads one of ...

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 ...

I want to thank several people for helping me keep my dog. He got lose today I’m not well and he doesn’t understand come back. I wasn’t able to catch ...

Redistribution, Democrats and vote-buying. Capitalism expects us to earn our own way. Socialism prefers to overtax hard workers and redistribute wealth among those less willing to work in return for ...

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 ...

High Country Lumber & Mulch LLC on Speedway Road, North Wilkesboro, was issued a citation on March 24 for violating state labor laws and fined as a result of a ...