Four Wilkes County entities were awarded a total of $4,907 in garden mini-grants through N.C State Extension’s SNAP-Ed program, Steps to Health, this year.

Heirloom tomatoes are enjoying a quiet revival among gardeners and homesteaders who crave flavor, variety, and a deeper connection to gardening traditions, ...

Appalachian State University researcher Dr. Zachary Russell, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation (NCI) to develop an ...

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A total of 604 Wilkes Community College graduates earned 1,152 credentials in the spring semester.

The West Wilkes softball team held off North Lenoir, 3-2, in Greensboro on Saturday, sweeping the best-of-three 2A title ...

West Wilkes drew first blood in Friday's opening game of the 2A softball finals, downing North Lenoir, 9-1, at the ...

The majority of North Wilkesboro’s commissioners indicated support for setting the tax rate at 39 cents per $100 of property valuation in the draft fiscal 2025-26 budget when they worked ...

Annie Cummings, commander of the Department of North Carolina of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Tuesday that she has suspended Blue Ridge Mountain VFW Post 1142 in North Wilkesboro.

The latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that North Carolina added 76,700 net new jobs over the last 12 months, an increase of 1.5%. Only five states posted larger employment ...

Editor’s Note: The Wilkes Journal-Patriot’s annual high school graduation section will be in the June 12 issue.

An Iranian national pleaded guilty on Tuesday in North Carolina federal court for his role in a ransomware and extortion operation that prosecutors say targeted computer networks for ...