The Caldwell County Cooperative Extension Service will host a winter seed-sowing workshop from 2-4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23, at the Caldwell County Extension office at 120 Hospital Avenue in Lenoir.

Religion in America might be best described in the words of rap artist LL Cool J: Don’t call it a comeback. At least not yet.

Agricultural officials are encouraging beekeepers and others to look out for and report suspected sightings of yellow-legged hornets, which consume honey bees, native bees and some other insects.

Wilkes remains among the state’s 40 most economically distressed counties and therefore in Tier One in 2026, but it improved from 16th in 2025 to 20th in the newly-released ranking.

The N.C. Court of Appeals on Dec. 17 upheld a woman’s May 2024 conviction of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in Wilkes Superior Court.

The North Wilkesboro Speedway became a toy land for local children as the new distribution point this year for Wilkes ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) announced the purchase of 74 acres on Howard Knob, securing the land for hiking, rock ...

A man died in a single vehicle wreck that occurred in the Clingman community the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 23.

The Carolina West Wireless store building in the Food Lion supermarket at 2931 N.C. 16 in Millers Creek received substantial ...

A Virginia man has been charged with breaking into and stealing items from two western Wilkes County churches.

Dr. William “Bill” H. Davis of Ronda has retired from the Wilkes County Soil & Water Conservation Board of Supervisors after ...