A woman driving a Nissan pickup received life-threatening injuries when the vehicle wrecked on Boone Trail in Purlear about 7 ...

The 85th anniversary of Blue Ridge Mountain Post 1142 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be observed with an event featuring live music, arts and crafts booths and fireworks ...

The North Wilkesboro commissioners took action allowing construction to begin for a new pool and other long-discussed major improvements to Smoot Park in a special called meeting Monday night.

Six members of the Wilkes County 4-H Horse Club entered the West District Qualifying 4-H Horse Show on April 26 at the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center in Fletcher.

Additional contestants in the Little Miss Princess Pageant include, from left, Bailey Richardson, daughter of Miranda and ...

The Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina recently published the seventh edition of its “Down the Road: Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Guide.” ...

A bill working its way through the N.C. House of Representatives would allow civil lawsuits against individuals for development decisions they make on city councils or planning boards.

Gertrude Carlton Parsons of the Boomer community, who turned 100 recently, learned about living independently in the late ...

Americans “are living in some guy’s fantasy dream of a reality TV show,” said the featured speaker at the Wilkes Democratic Party Convention on April 19 at the Wilkes Agricultural ...

Wilkesboro Town Manager Ken Noland said during the April 17 Wilkes Economic Development Corp. board meeting that the Wilkesboro Town Council recently approved amending the town’s zoning ordinance to a ...

As I write this column, the Trump administration has levied new higher tariffs on most countries. The business community is not happy, as reflected in several large drops in the ...

Experts say elder abuse in rural communities is a problem, but finding ways to solve this means clarifying how it's defined and reported.