The application period for the 2025 Youth Tour sponsored by Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corp. to Washington, D.C. is now open.

The following land and rights of way were filed Oct. 17-31 at the Wilkes Register o Deeds office. Rod Cameron Ward to Colby Benge and Tristen Blevins, 6.169 acres in Edwards Township. Equity Trust Co.

The Yadkin River Greenway Council’s annual Dump, Dunk and Draw Turtle Regatta was held Saturday, Oct. 26, as part of the ...

Stretching across Caldwell, Wilkes and Alexander counties before tapering off and ending in Iredell and Yadkin counties, the ...

The Western Piedmont Symphony will open its 60th anniversary Masterworks concert series with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on Nov. 9 and perform a Discovery Family Concert, "Robots, Machines and Music," ...

The Winston-Salem Urban League’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a community service and work-based job training program designed to help unemployed, low-income, older Americans ...

Playing a rare Tuesday night game, the East Wilkes varsity football team built a big lead in the first half and cruised to a ...

East Wilkes junior Lauren Macemore finished in a four-way tie for 29th Tuesday in the 1A/2A golf championships at Sapona Golf ...

Although our state’s economy has grown faster than the national average over the past decade, not everyone has fared well. Some regions and communities are struggling — a condition now ...

National Weather Service (NWS) office in Blacksburg, Va., confirmed an EF-1 tornado with 90 mph winds touched down in eastern Wilkes County on Sept. 26.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School will have a bingo fundraiser, sponsored by the Champion Fire Department, on Friday, Nov. 8. All proceeds will benefit the school playground/community park. This park w ...

Alexander County Animal Services confirmed that a dog living on a property near Black Oak Ridge Road in the Sugar Loaf area north of Taylorsville tested positive for rabies.