The N.C. Forest Service is waiving the requirement for open burning permits in Wilkes, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office and State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death of a person found Thursday afternoon off Rock Creek Church Road in the Roaring River community.

The U. S. Geological Survey announced that it activated its landslide event team and is providing “timely best science” to ...

Hundreds of vehicles and trailers of various sizes were loaded with non-perishable food, bottled water and more at North ...

Certain cause and effect processes contributed greatly to the recent weather-related devastation in western North Carolina. The public should demand change to help prevent this from being worse the ne ...

Appalachian State University is operating under “emergency conditions due to flood damage and other issues tied to Tropical ...

Members of the Wilkes Rescue Squad and several Wilkes County fire departments completed a week of storm-recovery work in ...

Justin and Logan Call, brothers and athletic directors at East Wilkes and North Wilkes high schools, respectively, recently ...

A death occurred Monday afternoon at High Country Lumber & Mulch LLC on Speedway Road, North Wilkesboro. According to emergency personnel who responded, an employee of High Country Lumber & Mulch died ...

A woman died as a result of injuries she received Sunday in a collision at the intersection of Austin-Little Mountain Road and Hoots Road about a mile north of Ronda.

Wilkesboro United Methodist Church at 309 Main Street will host an event in which people can bring unwanted documents and have them shredded for free from 9 a.m. to noon ...

Bergie Speaks, director of facilities for the Wilkes County Schools, told the Wilkes Board of Education Monday night that the school system has enough money to install rubberized surfaces on ...