North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles is the subject of two new audits looking to address long wait times for customers ...

On Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, Jeff Cox, the president of the N.C Community College System and former president of Wilkes Community College, announced his retirement effective June 30, 2026.

A Colorado funeral home owner admitted to sending customers fake ashes and defrauding the federal government in a plea deal with federal prosecutors. It's not the first time Carie Hallford ...

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over” (Psalm 23:5).

The N.C. General Assembly ended July by overriding Gov. Josh Steins vetoes of the following bills, which means they now are law: ...

Tyson Foods Inc. topped analysts’ expectations with its third quarter earnings report, released Monday morning.

Starting Aug.1, county governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation ...

Wilkes County and other locales in North Carolina and nationwide experienced record and near-record high temperatures in June and July, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data.

The Wilkes 15U all-star baseball team reached the finals of the Tar Heel Leagues state tournament in Boone on Sunday, but took back-to-back losses to Rocky Mount, a club that ...

Here’s the best bets for fun artsy things to do this week in Wilkes County and the Town of Elkin.

The Wilkesboro Town Council has officially approved a major upgrade and expansion of the town’s wastewater treatment plant for a cost not to exceed $89.8 million.

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous recent thefts, including at Millers Creek Elementary School.