A variety of felony cases were heard in the Oct. 2 and Sept. 25 sessions of Wilkes District Court. Felony cases heard in the Oct. 2 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge ...

On average, NFPA research shows that heating equipment is involved in more than 56,000 reported U.S. home structure fires per year, with associated loss of more than 470 civilian deaths, more than ...

The Wilkes Register of Deeds office recently issued marriage licenses to the following couples. • John Allen Mayfield of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Kristen Elizabeth Lewis of Port Orange, Fla.; • ...

The immediate impact of Hurricane Helene’s destruction in western North Carolina has subsided, but the storm’s economic aftershocks in the region have only just begun.

The Wilkes Heritage Museum and Wilkes Genealogical Society will present local author and researcher Lane Harrison Dyer for a program at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in the auditorium on the ...

Wilkes Chamber of Commerce President Linda Cheek said it’s important for the public to know that not all of western North Carolina was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Helene.

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in North Carolina following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declarat ...

Wilkesboro United Methodist Church at 309 Main Street will host an event in which people can bring unwanted documents and have them shredded for free from 9 a.m. to noon ...

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