A $96,925 grant from the N.C. Department of Agriculture’s New and Emerging Crops Program is focused on commercial production ...

Onsite work for installing a prefabricated pedestrian bridge over four-lane U.S. 421 near the North Wilkesboro Speedway is ...

The present use program was established under a state law intended to encourage use of land for farming and timber production ...

A man was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and other offenses as a result of the passenger in his 1995 Toyota pickup dying from injuries she received when the ...

A source of funds for encouraging farmland preservation and supporting agriculture in Wilkes County in other ways was ...

Grant funds awarded to Wilkes County government will be used to enhance efforts to address opioid and/or alcohol use disorder, which includes addiction.

The following new North Carolina laws took effect Jan. 1.

The Wilkesboro Police Department and Wilkesboro Fire Department recently responded to a fire at the Food Lion supermarket on Westwood Lane that was identified as an arson case in a ...

Cybersecurity experts are telling the public that scammers don’t take a break after Christmas.

Western North Carolinians will forever remember 2024 for Tropical Storm Helene’s unprecedented damage in late September, but it was a year with other weather extremes.

The Wilkes County Inspections Department issued permits for construction of 124 single family homes in 2024 (through Dec. 27), the same as for this period in 2023.