Wilkes County Schools will be closed for students and teachers Monday, Feb. 2, due to ice and snow on Wilkes roads. There were no in-person classes in Wilkes schools the ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service is holding a workshop on blackberry pruning and best management practices 1:30-3:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at New Castle Farm, 2818 Clingman Road, in the Clingman ...

The Medicare Advantage (MA) Open Enrollment Period runs from Jan. 1 through March 31 each year. Unlike the annual Fall Open Enrollment Period, this window is limited to people currently enrolled in MA ...

The Medicare Advantage (MA) Open Enrollment Period runs from Jan. 1 through March 31 each year. Unlike the annual Fall Open Enrollment Period, this window is limited to people currently enrolled in MA ...

Bethany Medical Center and its founder and CEO, Dr. Lenny Peters, agreed to pay $8.83 million to resolve allegations of violating state and federal law by billing Medicare, Medicaid and ...

A series of cockpit instrument failures occurred before a plane crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport and claimed the lives of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, former Wilkes County resident ...

A sheet of ice flew off a northbound sport utility vehicle on N.C. 16 South and struck the front windshield of a southbound car Thursday in the Pores Knob community, ...

The North Wilkes boys wrestling team won its fourth straight league tournament title on Friday, capturing the inaugural Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference tourney crown at Starmount High School in ...

East improved to 16-1 overall and 8-0 in MVC action, while North, playing without three starters, regressed to 10-6 and 5-3. “Our girls played their hearts out,” said North’s coach, Steven Phillips.

The East Wilkes girls repeated as wrestling tournament champion on Friday, rolling to a convincing win in the inaugural Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference tourney at Starmount High School in ...

It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s sometimes nice to be reassured your small community of habitation hasn’t been lost amongst the 8 billion people or so on planet Earth.