July is not as busy as the previous few months for beekeepers, but it is still a very important month in the bee yard.

The present covered bridge over the Reddies was washed away in the flood of 1916, but was rebuilt using much of the old ...

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill revealed that repetitive flooding in North Carolina is far more common and more widespread than previously recognized, with ...

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When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years.

Authorities responded to an incident with shots fired in the parking lot of the Wilkes Family YMCA in N.C. 268 West in ...

One of the two lanes of U.S. 21 on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in northeastern Wilkes County will be closed for retaining wall repairs starting July 21 unless delayed, ...

Appalachian State University researchers have identified where enslaved people were buried on the grounds of Fort Defiance, ...

A man was arrested on 17 felony and misdemeanor charges after an eight-mile, high-speed chase in and near Wilkesboro ended ...

A Miniature Art Exhibition open at the Wilkes Art Gallery in downtown North Wilkesboro on Friday, July 18, and ...

The Ronda commissioners reached a stalemate when they tried to decide who to appoint to serve the remaining portion of one of two vacant seats on their board Tuesday night.

The North Wilkesboro commissioners on Tuesday night approved a policy establishing guidelines for proper and authorized use of the town’s official logo and seal.