Wilkes Community College’s Walker Center will present The Grand Ol’ Americana Show on Sept. 11, with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Hurricane Erin never made landfall, but it left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast. At least two people have died, a 17-year-old boy in New Hampshire and ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Aug. 23-31 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Reginald Johnson, Lu Ann Johnson and Luann Johnson to Brady Wittkamper and Jamie Wittkamper ...

Traphill Volunteer Fire Department will host Bingo games starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the fire station on Traphill Road. A spaghetti supper will be served starting at ...

Inflation continues to be one of the top issues in the country. Although some prices have fallen, many are still rising and, what’s more troubling, are they are rising at ...

Stardust Cellars on N.C. 115, North Wilkesboro, received the “Best Mead” Award for its Country Peach mead in the N.C. Wine & Grape Council’s 2025 N.C. Wine Competition.

After struggling for months to find partners to help them deliver aid to Gaza, the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has picked up a collaborator — Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian ...

Wilkes County is in an area of North Carolina that has seen growth in vineyards and wine production in recent years.

Fewer Americans report that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to results of a Gallup poll conducted in July.