History is often recorded physically, yet much can be learned through the old-fashioned tradition of storytelling, said Mark Coltrain, Appalachian State University oral historian and associate ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff formerly was married to a Wilkes County native.

As of Nov. 16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had approved $238 million to eligible households and ...

The North Wilkesboro commissioners are considering buying a 13,869-square-foot building at 711 Main Street for $2.2 million and leasing it to a company not yet identified at a reduced rate ...

Homeowners and renters in North Carolina may be eligible for FEMA Rental Assistance if they can't live in their homes because of damage from Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA Rental Assistance is a grant to ...

The 27th annual Light Up Downtown is from 6-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, in North Wilkesboro. The event includes turning on the Christmas lights for the holiday season in downtown, with the mayor ...

Ashe County is the nation’s top county in Christmas tree production, followed closely by Alleghany, Watauga and Avery ...

A North Wilkesboro man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcycle while crossing N.C. 18 North on foot to go from the west side near the Food Lion supermarket to the east side about 5:50 ...

Timber felled by Tropical Storm Helene in western North Carolina is being utilized in a project developed through Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC), a team of federal, state and local government ...

Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes and Alleghany counties will reopen for day use only on Friday, Nov. 15, after being closed since Sept. 27 for cleanup after Tropical Storm ...

The East Surry football team denied West Wilkes a postseason berth after a 49-0 whitewashing of the Blackhawks, Friday night in Millers Creek.

Drug plane hearing A hearing on disposal of a plane loaded with 80 pounds of cocaine, seized by the Ashe Sheriff’s Office in ...