Country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton took time to experience Wilkes County when she performed at Wilkes Community’s College’s MerleFest on April 28, 2001.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program started by Parton’s Dollywood Foundation, resulted in 284,740 age-appropriate books being mailed to families of Wilkes County children up to age 5 since i ...

More definitive plans for a “river district” in the ‘boros” — mostly in North Wilkesboro but also in Wilkesboro — were told ...

Using feedback from farmers across the state, researchers with N.C. State University’s Food Animal Initiative (FAI) are ...

The Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club recently announced its five latest scholarship recipients.

A new scripted TV series in development explores the early days of stock car racing in North Carolina, including Wilkes ...

A Wilkesboro man died when the bicycle he was operating and a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV collided on two-lane Wilkes-Yadkin Road in southeastern Wilkes County late Wednesday morning.

The Town of Wilkesboro announced that about 800 feet of the Yadkin River Greenway near River’s Edge Park and the Moravian Creek trailhead parking area and access will be closed ...

During an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Ronda commissioners agreed by consensus to meet at 4 p.m. Saturday at town hall and decide then what to do regarding the town’s ...

Five Wilkes County high school students were recognized during the Wilkes school board meeting Monday night for being ...