The eighth annual Brushy Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival, organized by the Brushy Mountain Community Center board, is Friday and Saturday in the Community Commons and on the nearby portion ...

The eighth annual Brushy Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival, organized by the Brushy Mountain Community Center board, is Friday and Saturday in the Community Commons and on the nearby portion ...

The Judy Barber “tribe” held its 51st family reunion on July 3 and 4 at Lincoln Heights School and continued with a memorial service on July 5 at Rickard’s Chapel ...

Wilkes County native Savannah Grace Walsh, a Christian singer, songwriter and recording artist in Nashville, sings the ...

I am not a Carolina West customer, but I am a consumer of their generosity to the Wilkes County community. They have consistently supported programming at the Walker Center, and ...

I’m a tax paying citizen here in Wilkes County and have some questions regarding the installation, use, monitoring, data and citizens’ rights with Flock traffic cameras.

For years, North Carolina has debated how to make healthcare more affordable, more accessible and more accountable. Meanwhile, our neighbor to the west has quietly enacted two healthcare reforms that ...

In war, alliances often prove decisive. But as Sun Tzu observed nearly 2,500 years ago, allies can often be more trouble than they are worth. “We cannot enter ...

A North Wilkesboro man reported to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office on July 14 that he lost $581 in a scam.

Several thefts and other incidents were reported recently to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office. Theft of copper wire worth about $500 from a furnace unit and a garage door worth about $300 from a residence ...

Streets of North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro were lined with people on July 16 for the parade of brightly painted ...

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