A man is in the Wilkes County Jail with no bond on charges of robbing another man at the victim’s home in Moravian Falls.

A two-story, brick home at 1725 Moravian Falls Road in Moravian Falls was destroyed in a fire early Wednesday morning.

The Boone-based Blue Ridge Conservancy recently transferred three properties totaling 439 acres to the N.C. Wildlife ...

A mobile home at 173 East Meadows Drive in Boomer was heavily damaged by fire Monday morning. The Boomer, Goshen and Moravian ...

Derek Reeves, commissioner of the Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference, announced all-league teams and awards for three sports on Feb. 24.

Completion of a comprehensive overhaul and expansion of the primary home of the N.C. National Guard’s 875th Engineer Co. on Armory Road in North Wilkesboro was celebrated with a ribbon ...

Two men received lengthy prison sentences in sex crime cases and others were sentenced to prison for failure to register as sex offenders or report new addresses as sex offenders ...

MerleFest 2026 ticket sales are tracking similarly to sales in 2025 and that’s a good sign, said Wes Whitson, festival director, in a report given at the Feb. 20 Wilkes ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service is seeking people with certain expertise to serve as judges for entries in exhibit hall at the Wilkes County Agricultural Fair.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture released details on $1 billion allocated under the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers program ...

Early voting in Wilkes County for the 2026 party primaries and Wilkes Board of Education election ended with a 28% larger turnout than four years earlier, said Wilkes Elections Director ...