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A goose named Molly has a new beau to occupy her interests instead of a political campaign sign along Airport Road near North Wilkesboro.
Newcomers were among winners in this year’s local primary and Wilkes Board of Education races, which culminated May 17 with 9,442 ballots cast at 27 polling sites in the county.
One of the more interesting tidbits about Gov. Roy Cooper’s visit to North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 17 concerned the building of a moonshine and motorsports historic trail.
The Brookings Institute recently released results of research indicating significant student learning losses nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Holly Ann Hancock Keys, 68, of 216 McDaniel Road, Backsburg, S.C., passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at her residence.Born in Hamilton, Calif., she was the wife of Kenneth Howard Keys and the daughter of the late James Morris Hancock…
Janette Wilson Hunt, 81 of Wilkesboro passed away Monday, May 23, 2022 at Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical Center.
Ryan Clifton Walsh, 35, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday, May 18th at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ryan was born December 5th, 1986, in North Wilkesboro to Bobby Walsh and Effie Holloway. Ryan was preceded…
Zena Vee Pierce, 65, of Millers Creek, went home to be with our Lord, May 17, 2022. Mrs. Pierce was a graduate of West Wilkes High School and received a certification in dental hygiene from Wilkes Community College, but her…
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Wilkes County and across the state, according to data from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Vera Hunt Martin, 90, was born January 30, 1932, in Roaring River to Weaver and Blanche Harris Hunt. She passed away on May 15, 2022, at home.
Opportunities for young people from preschool through college age to explore various aspects of the arts are offered at Celebration Church’s Musical Arts Camp program this summer.
Last week was a big one for the North Wilkesboro Speedway, with Gov. Roy Cooper coming on May 17 and an open house the next day drawing over 2,500 people to the facility.
I wasn't into Douglas Adams’ Don’t Panic: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the first time I consumed it, but the second time around I began to tune in to the hidden sarcasm and jokes in this classic science fiction…
A former Wells Fargo information technology employee who lived in Hays was sentenced to 70 years in prison Thursday on child pornography charges.
The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners will likely have three new members as a result of Tuesday’s primary elections.
The Wilkes County commissioners have taken a definitive step toward addressing the county’s roadside litter problem.
A statewide initiative called “Portrait of a Graduate” is nearing completion to help define the mindsets and durable skills North Carolina students should possess when they graduate from high school to ensure their readiness for civic life, career or college.
The Wilkes County commissioners authorized borrowing up to $10 million for building and equipping an emergency services facility on May 10.
Gov. Roy Cooper spoke about the importance of the motorsports industry economically and in other ways in North Carolina when he visited the North Wilkesboro Speedway on Tuesday.