The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, the American Bible Society (ABS) ...

A renewed debate about the three -isms of socialism, communism and capitalism has been sparked by a proclaimed socialist candidate, who some claim is actually a communist, running in the ...

North Carolina’s housing stock reflects broader trends driving the state’s development, including demographic and economic forces that have transformed the state over the past several decades.

The State Board of Education approved the final draft of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) 37-page, five-year strategic plan, titled “Achieving Educational Excellence,” in its monthly ...

Wilkesboro firefighters and police worked together to rescue a dog from the side of a rock cliff along busy U.S. 421 Business ...

Wilkes School Superintendent Mark Byrd on March 5 announced that two eastern Wilkes County schools have new principals.

Contentment, a new private golf club off Absher Road and about two miles southwest of Stone Mountain State Park in Traphill, is nearing completion.

North Wilkes High School has been awarded the Wells Fargo Conference Cup for the 2024-25 school year, the N.C. High School Athletic Association announced Friday.

The Wilkesboro Town Council on Monday unanimously rezoned two separate and unrelated residential properties for general business use.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026. The second-term senator's announcement Wednesday sets up a primary clash with U.S.

The following felony cases were heard in the July 9 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge Robert Crumpton presiding.

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night approved a renewed lease of 5,970 square feet in the Wilkes Agricultural Center in Wilkesboro to the U.S. General Services Administration to provide ...