The five candidates for two North Wilkesboro commissioner seats responded to questions prepared by the Wilkes Journal-Patriot. Candidates Otis W. Church (the lone incumbent), Sandra Story Espin, Nikki ...

Wilkes County’s unemployment rate increased from 4% in July to 4.4% in August, the N.C. Department of Commerce announced. The county’s jobless rate in August 2024 was 4.2%.

The Walker Center at Wilkes Community College will present Hee Haw Honey Reunion on Saturday, Oct. 25. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Pre-show dinners are also available for ...

The sixth annual Moonshiners & Racer’s Reunion is moving to North Wilkesboro Speedway this year, where it will be one of the main attractions for fans attending zMAX CARS Tour ...

Lowe’s Companies Inc. announced on Oct. 9 that it acquired Foundation Building Materials (FBM), a wholesale distributor of building materials and construction products.

Several Wilkes County tennis players advanced to regional play by either posting qualifying wins Monday or gaining automatic ...

An N.C. House Select Committee is recommending that the General Assembly change a state law forcing districts to start school ...

Wilkesboro commissioner candidates and others are outside town hall on primary election day on Oct. 10, 1989. Standing are, from left, challengers Andy Soots, Tommy Bumgarner and Greg Williams.

With one Mountain Valley Conference game remaining, the North Wilkes varsity volleyball team maintained its share of the ...

Early voting in this year’s Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro elections begins Thursday, Oct. 16, with one voting site: the Wilkes Board of Elections office in room 315 of the Wilkes ...

The theft or damage of property worth about $20,000 from a home on Pardue Farm Road in the Clingman community was reported to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 3.

Wake Forest University announced recently that undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year will attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for t ...