The North Wilkesboro commissioners are considering buying a 13,869-square-foot building at 711 Main Street for $2.2 million and leasing it to a company not yet identified at a reduced rate ...

The 27th annual Light Up Downtown is from 6-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, in North Wilkesboro. The event includes turning on the Christmas lights for the holiday season in downtown, with the mayor ...

Ashe County is the nation’s top county in Christmas tree production, followed closely by Alleghany, Watauga and Avery ...

A North Wilkesboro man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcycle while crossing N.C. 18 North on foot to go from the west side near the Food Lion supermarket to the east side about 5:50 ...

Timber felled by Tropical Storm Helene in western North Carolina is being utilized in a project developed through Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC), a team of federal, state and local government ...

Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes and Alleghany counties will reopen for day use only on Friday, Nov. 15, after being closed since Sept. 27 for cleanup after Tropical Storm ...

The East Surry football team denied West Wilkes a postseason berth after a 49-0 whitewashing of the Blackhawks, Friday night in Millers Creek.

Drug plane hearing A hearing on disposal of a plane loaded with 80 pounds of cocaine, seized by the Ashe Sheriff’s Office in ...

Officials say a driver has died after going around a barricade on a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a ...

Wilkes County was at the center of a multi-county area that led North Carolina in percentage of votes cast for Republican Donald Trump in the 2024 and 2020 general elections.

• A FEAST OF VALHALLA is planned for 7-10 p.m. on Friday at Stardust Cellars, 4780 Statesville Road in North Wilkesboro.