Three people died, including an off-duty Wilkes Sheriff’s Office deputy, as a result of a two-vehicle collision on Red White and Blue Road in Roaring River about 7 p.m. Friday.

Two people who lost their paddles while kayaking down the Yadkin River in eastern Wilkes County were rescued late Thursday ...

Kim Caudill, who retired this month as Wilkes County director of elections, looked back on three decades of close involvement ...

More work is needed on a building at 711 Main Street recently bought by North Wilkesboro before Optimi LLC (doing business as ...

The Wilkesboro Police Department arrested two men on charges of selling illegal controlled substances after search warrants ...

Members of the North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail were at Fort Boonesborough in Kentucky recently to celebrate the ...

The town of Wilkesboro held an event Friday to celebrate completion of the first phase of Shelton Play Park, an inclusive ...

Wilkes County Attorney Tony Triplett said a man’s allegations of wrongdoing involving pay increases for County Manager John Yates and 18 other county government employees are unfounded.

Details were given but no action taken in a Wilkes County commissioners meeting on a draft agreement calling for a local company to build a facility with new jobs on ...

Appalachian State University alumni Dr. James “Jim” Brooks, ’85 ’97 ’11, of Wilkes County, John Thompson, ’93, and Dr. Terry ...