The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced that it awarded $6.6 million in grants for 17 land acquisition projects ...

The N.C. General Assembly on Nov. 20 passed a wide-ranging omnibus bill that transfers an additional $227 million to the state’s Hurricane Helene Fund, allocates $33.75 million in child care ...

In response to a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane that devastated much of western North Carolina in late September, North Carolina Baptists and Baptists on Mission are partnering with churches and communi ...

You have a kindred spirit in Ally, 11: “I like Thanksgiving because it is good to thank God. He gives us so many blessings that we don’t even realize. It’s the least we can do to give him one whole ...

The Wilkes County commissioners on Nov. 19 formally approved an economic investment agreement calling for Herbal Ingenuity in Wilkesboro to receive $28,630 over five years in return for expanding its ...

Holly Jolly, the Wilkes Art Gallery’s annual holiday dinner fundraiser, is from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 6 at the gallery.

Katelin Brown of North Wilkesboro, a second-year nursing student at Wilkes Community College, has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 Adrienne Necessary Scholarship at the college. The $1,000 ...

An N.C. State University program focused on developing Fraser fir Christmas trees better able to withstand the adverse impact of climate change has been awarded a grant of nearly $7.5 ...

Many Christmas traditions and celebrations take place around Fraser fir trees grown in the southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where one of every live Christmas trees in the U.S.

Rep. Blair Eddins of Purlear was elected freshman whip when the N.C. House Republican Caucus chose its leadership for the ...

Wilkes County high school juniors and a few other high schoolers tried their hands at everything from operating an 18-wheeler ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff formerly was married to a Wilkes County native.