West Wilkes quarterback Holden Gentry, left, drops back and looks for an open receiver after getting blocks from Carlin Grose (52) and senior Steven Holcomb (56) in Millers Creek ...

Stone Mountain State Park staff had to turn away visitors at the two park entrances for several hours Saturday due to ...

Josh, Taylor, Caroline, William, Molly, Chris, Stacy, Ross, Alina, and Justine share their heartfelt insights on God's love ...

The North Wilkes varsity girls, who reached the 2A state basketball championship last winter, have one key cog to replace but have many returning players from last year’s stellar squad.

Winter arrived in northwestern North Carolina early this week, bringing lows in the upper 20s in Wilkes County and in the ...

It was a season of new beginnings for Wilkes County high school teams this fall, with the slate wiped clean for all four schools competing in the new, split Mountain ...

RALEIGH — Because I’m a fiscal conservative, you might think I reflexively oppose government borrowing. You’d be mistaken. I believe that public finance and toxicology share a common rule: the dose ...

Two members of Scout Troop 399, sponsored by Millers Creek United Methodist Church, recently completed service projects that are required to attain the rank of Eagle Scout. The Scouts are Brandon ...

The Town of Boone and the Boone-based Blue Ridge Conservancy on Nov. 7 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the southern terminus of the Northern Peaks State Trail (NPST) at Rivers ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating several recent larcenies. The theft of two Honda generators worth $2,200 from a residence on Big Bend Road in Ronda was reported on Nov. 7. According to ...

Jim Martin, holding newspaper, stops in Wilkes County during his campaign for governor on Nov. 3, 1984. Martin, a Republican, got 61% of the Wilkes vote and defeated Democrat Rufus Edmisten in the Nov ...

Alison Krauss & Union Station is among artists announced Tuesday for the 37th MerleFest at Wilkes Community College in ...