The Wilkes County commissioners voiced concern during their March 17 meeting about the county’s fiscal 2024-25 audit report being released on social media well before they first saw it that ...

The last major furniture manufacturer based in Wilkes County has new ownership.

A 48,000-square-foot building at 1601 Industrial Drive in Wilkesboro has been sold to a company that plans to use it for food ...

When Congress passed its budget-reconciliation bill last summer, it created a bunch of problems for North Carolina policymakers — thank goodness!

A hands-on Small Farm Equipment & Plasticulture Demo Day is on April 9 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at New Castle Farm at 2812 Clingman Road, Clingman.

State officials are encouraging North Carolina employers to hire veterans and to apply for recognition with a HIRE Vets Medallion Award, an official program of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Mountain Homespun Fiber Guild and the Blue Ridge Fiber Fest in Sparta are partnering on a project inspired by this year’s festival theme, “From Ridge to Reef.” ...

Expo for sixth grade and 11th grade students in the Wilkes County school and other students is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26. The event will feature six zones with hands-on, ...

N.C. Department of Transportation personnel were scheduled to begin replacing a 54-year-old bridge where Preacher Field Road crosses Big Elkin Creek in the Pleasant Ridge community of eastern Wilkes C ...

The Brushy Mountain peach crop was damaged by not as severely as first feared by sub-freezing temperatures within the eight-hour period ending about 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 17 and the ...

United Methodists plan to join with thousands of other Christians on March 29 in taking their Palm Sunday processions outside church walls and into the streets.

If you read the Bible a lot, people might think you’re weird,” says Liam, 9. “But that’s okay. God likes weird.” ...