The following sentences were given in felony cases in the first week in November in Wilkes Superior Court, with Judge Michael D. Duncan of Wilkesboro presiding.

A Wilkesboro resident who worked as a licensed clinical mental health counselor for over 40 years has written a children’s book with a message of hope in hard times.

The Wilkesboro Town Council expressed interest Monday in bringing the town’s charter — which hasn’t been comprehensively updated since 1972 — into the 21st century.

The Republican-controlled N.C. Supreme Court isn’t fulfilling its vital role of maintaining checks and balances with ...

North Wilkesboro voters elected a new mayor (Randy Huffman) and two new commissioners (Sandra Espin and Alex Hamilton), while ...

A 70-year-old woman was attacked by a white-tailed deer in her front yard on Tabernacle Road in the Mulberry community about 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6.

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 ...

A man with multiple gunshot wounds was pronounced dead at the scene in the Boomer community the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 4, stated Major Logan Kerr of the Wilkes Sherff’s ...

The North Wilkesboro Rotary Club presented a check for $10,200 to Wilkes Family YMCA Executive Director Caroline Whitson at ...

Brandon Weaver, physical education teacher at Mulberry Elementary School, was recognized at the Wilkes school board meeting Monday night for being named the Wilkes schools’ 2025-26 Beginning Teacher o ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will provide enough money for half of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due in November, but Wilkes Department of So ...