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A total of 604 Wilkes Community College graduates earned 1,152 credentials in the spring semester.
The West Wilkes softball team held off North Lenoir, 3-2, in Greensboro on Saturday, sweeping the best-of-three 2A title ...
West Wilkes drew first blood in Friday's opening game of the 2A softball finals, downing North Lenoir, 9-1, at the ...
The majority of North Wilkesboro’s commissioners indicated support for setting the tax rate at 39 cents per $100 of property valuation in the draft fiscal 2025-26 budget when they worked ...
Annie Cummings, commander of the Department of North Carolina of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Tuesday that she has suspended Blue Ridge Mountain VFW Post 1142 in North Wilkesboro.
The latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that North Carolina added 76,700 net new jobs over the last 12 months, an increase of 1.5%. Only five states posted larger employment ...
An Iranian national pleaded guilty on Tuesday in North Carolina federal court for his role in a ransomware and extortion operation that prosecutors say targeted computer networks for ...
Sarah Trivette and Douglas “Junior” Triplett were united in marriage on May 25 in the sanctuary of Parkway Garden Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro, with Rev. Dennis Dillard officiating.’ ...
The filing period for North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro elected offices on ballots this fall opens at 8:30 a.m., July 7, and closes at noon, July 18.
Many Wilkes Countians won’t fully realize the impact of the 2025 revaluation on their finances until they receive new property tax bills in August.
The Trump administration accused North Carolina's election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensure voter registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers.
The North Wilkesboro commissioners on May 22 unanimously approved a contract with Goldsboro-based Jackson Builders for design of the town’s new fire station, to be built on the former North ...