In a game that featured plenty of high-stakes situations and tension-filled drama, Laura Mealer played the hero during No. 7 ...

Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse, met and prayed with Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, on May 28 in Berlin.

The North Carolina Center for Resilience & Learning announced the release of the Education Preparation Programs Trauma-Informed Practices Toolkit, designed for educator preparation programs across ...

Wilkes County’s unemployment rate dropped from 3.8% in March to 3.5% in April, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported.

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

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.

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 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 ...