The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office and State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death of a person found Thursday afternoon off Rock Creek Church Road in the Roaring River community.

Members of the Wilkes Rescue Squad and several Wilkes County fire departments completed a week of storm-recovery work in ...

Appalachian State University is operating under “emergency conditions due to flood damage and other issues tied to Tropical ...

The U. S. Geological Survey announced that it activated its landslide event team and is providing “timely best science” to ...

Bergie Speaks, director of facilities for the Wilkes County Schools, told the Wilkes Board of Education Monday night that the school system has enough money to install rubberized surfaces on ...

One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at Davidson Junior High School was the Great Flood of 1916. Miss Currie was the daughter ...

Linda Lutzritch of Indian Trail, S.C., came to the Brushy Mountain Apple Festival Saturday in downtown North Wilkesboro only planning to get apples, but by late morning Lutzritch had her ...

As the November election approaches, it's more important than ever for all of us to take a step back and approach this moment with clarity and common sense. Our country, ...

A death occurred Monday afternoon at High Country Lumber & Mulch LLC on Speedway Road, North Wilkesboro. According to emergency personnel who responded, an employee of High Country Lumber & Mulch died ...

A woman died as a result of injuries she received Sunday in a collision at the intersection of Austin-Little Mountain Road and Hoots Road about a mile north of Ronda.

Hundreds of vehicles and trailers of various sizes were loaded with non-perishable food, bottled water and more at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Oct. 3 and 4 to help western North ...

Playing for the first time in 16 days, and just a little more than a week removed from the devastating arrival of Hurricane ...