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.

In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA)awarded its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Town of Wilkesboro for its financi ...

Democratic leaders in the House so far have managed to keep intact Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of six bills allowing people to ...

Attendance and demand for local peaches were both strong at the seventh annual Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival in the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons in Wilkesboro Friday and ...

The number of homeschooled children in Wilkes County increased by about 10.5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and again from 2023-24 to 2024-25, according to data from the N.C. Department of ...

Members of the N.C. State Health Plan will be able to get a knee replacement or other surgeries at no cost under a new program that marks a shift for the group that helps insure 740,000 teachers ...

Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication ...

Industrial league softball games were a popular summer activity in Wilkes County for decades. North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced on July 25 that it is releasing $6.8 billion earmarked for K-12 and adult education nationwide.

The motion approved Monday night included these two boards and the board that approved financing and plans for the courthouse ...