In this latest Wilkes County Profiles interview series, we talk to Thomas Salley, the director of Wilkes County tourism.

Blue Ridge Mountain Post 1142 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in North Wilkesboro emerged as a leader in receiving and ...

North Carolina State University is celebrating a century of poultry research and collaboration — with an eye on the next 100 ...

Authorities said a man operating a pickup received life-threatening injuries when the vehicle was driven off Stanley Avenue ...

A pedestrian died from injuries he received when he was hit by a 1990 Ford F-250 pickup while standing in the northbound lane of Clingman Road near Ronda and directing ...

There are three early voting sites in Wilkes during the 2024 general election: • Wilkes County commissioners meeting room on the first floor of the Wilkes County Office Building ...

The Wilkes County commissioners reneged on a commitment to authorize a feasibility study on county government’s use of the former Lowe’s Companies Inc. corporate headquarters building in Wilkesboro, s ...

Tom Mitchell, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 in North Wilkesboro, said Friday that the inaugural veterans parade planned for Nov. 11 has been canceled because of the ...

Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency reviewed financial assistance available from the agency and the processes for seeking it during the Wilkes County commissioners meeting ...

A spokesman for Wilkes County government said the North Wilkesboro Speedway isn’t receiving donated items for Tropical Storm Helene this week through Oct. 22. He said distribution of items isn’t ...

Wilkes County didn’t go unscathed, but Tropical Storm Helene thankfully veered to the west in time to leave Wilkes only on the edge of its destructive path.

Wilkes County has strong connections to the Prestage Department of Poultry Science at N.C. State University. Wilkes is now the second largest producer of broiler chickens among the state’s 100 ...