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 ...

Wilkesboro United Methodist Church at 309 Main Street will host an event in which people can bring unwanted documents and have them shredded for free from 9 a.m. to noon ...

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.

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service recommends that people wishing to contribute to recovery efforts after the impact of Hurricane Helene through chainsaw use should consider whether they’re read ...

The Wilkes Register of Deeds office recently issued marriage licenses to the following couples. • John Allen Mayfield of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Kristen Elizabeth Lewis of Port Orange, Fla.; • ...

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 ...

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 ...