The sixth annual Touch A Truck Wilkes on Saturday drew 3,256 attendees to the Wilkes County Agricultural Fairgrounds for a day of hands-on exploration, career discovery and community connection.

Names of the three candidates for the 5th Congressional District seat in this year’s election, as their names appear on ballots and in the same order, are Virginia Foxx, Robert ...

The number of Wilkes County high school students testing positive in random drug tests in the 2025-26 school year more than doubled the prior year's total, according to a report ...

The North Wilkesboro Police Department charged a Thurmond man with felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle and numerous other offenses after a chase that began on N.C.

Recent recipients of $48,719 in mini-grants from the Wilkes Education Foundation for initiatives in Wilkes County schools were recognized during the Wilkes Board of Education meeting on Sept. 14.

Youth Services events and activities at the Wilkes County Public Library in the remainder of September include: ...

Members of three Grange chapters in Wilkes County attended the 98th N.C. Grange Convention on Sept. 17-20 in Durham.

Summer has come to an end and so has the Wilkes County Public Library’s 2026 Summer Learning Program.

Joro spiders, oversized arachnids with bright yellow and blue-black markings first identified near Atlanta, Ga., in 2014, are making their way northward and have a confirmed presence in Wilkes County.

When Joro spiders first arrived stateside over a decade ago, scientists worried the massive black and yellow spiders would gorge themselves on the same bugs as native spiders (or even ...

The League of Women Voters of N.C. recently issued a statement opposing passage of the three proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on the ballot in this year’s election.

A proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot this year requiring that all voters not just those voting in person, present photo identification is discussed in a League of Women ...