The Wilkes Economic Development Corp. (EDC) is hosting the Wilkes Housing Summit on Nov. 15 at the Stone Center at 613 Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro.

The North Wilkesboro Police Department is investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a wooded area off West Waugh Street on Oct. 18.

Foundation granted $15,000 to Wilkes Community College’s Workforce Development and Community Education (WDCE) for the Bridge to Career Program.

Mark Eller will be the speaker. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 will participate. Eller graduated in 1984 from West Wilkes High and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Bus ...

Appalachian State University’s Camp Crinkleroot, for children and youth with autism, is accepting applications for its fall camp on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 5 p.m., at Levine Hall ...

The N.C. Division of Employment Security (DES) on Oct. 17 announced that 12 more counties have been approved for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) because of impacts from Hurricane Helene, bringn ...

Bill Roberts, an economic development manager for Duke Energy, shared details on the Wilkes Economic Development Corp.’s participation in Duke Energy’s site readiness program during the Wilkes EDC boa ...

The following deeds were filed Sept. 23 to Oct. 7 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. James Blackwlder and Ronald Blackwelder to Red Bear Ventures LLC, .66 of an acre in Wilkesboro Township.

A man was shot and died after he fired multiple shots at Wilkes Sheriff’s Office deputies attempting to serve him with arrest warrants late Sunday night, said Wilkes County Sheriff ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will provide pesticide usage training from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 28, at the Wilkes Agricultural Center at 416 Executive Drive, Wilkesboro.

Producers of pasture-based livestock should assess and document loss of hay from Tropiçal Storm Helene as soon as possible, including with photos.

Cleanup Wilkes is organizing a roadside litter pickup event from 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29. The cleanup will start at the intersection of Old N.C. 268 and Brown’s Ford Road just west of ...