A variety of felony cases were heard in the Oct. 2 and Sept. 25 sessions of Wilkes District Court. Felony cases heard in the Oct. 2 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge ...

On average, NFPA research shows that heating equipment is involved in more than 56,000 reported U.S. home structure fires per year, with associated loss of more than 470 civilian deaths, more than ...

The Wilkes Register of Deeds office recently issued marriage licenses to the following couples. • John Allen Mayfield of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Kristen Elizabeth Lewis of Port Orange, Fla.; • ...

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in North Carolina following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declarat ...

"Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven," said Jesus (Matthew 7:21).

Wilkes Chamber of Commerce President Linda Cheek said it’s important for the public to know that not all of western North Carolina was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Helene.

The immediate impact of Hurricane Helene’s destruction in western North Carolina has subsided, but the storm’s economic aftershocks in the region have only just begun.