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Wilkes Sheriff’s Office deputies serving as school resource officers (SROs) in the Wilkes County Schools were recognized during the Wilkes Board of Education meeting on Sept. 14.

• authorized Halee Ratcliff, the interim town manager, to make application for state grant funding to reimburse the town for expenses incurred in damages caused by Tropical Storm Helene in 2025, ...

Community volunteers joined with Lowe’s Companies Inc. employees to renovate living, kitchen and some other spaces in the Wilkesboro Fire Station on Cherry Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. The ...

The Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) released its 2025–26 Annual Report, highlighting a year of natural ...

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. 268 East ended in ...

“The ticket stared at me,” said Walsh. “It was telling me something. Walsh decided to give one more ticket a try when he won the big prize. He plans to put the money toward a trust fund and savings ...

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 B. Luffman and Chuck ...

The Wilkes Central soccer team turned back North Wilkes, 6-1, in Hays on Monday, securing solo first place in the Mountain Valley Conference standings.

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.