The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data ...

The roof and ceiling of the Cut Ups hair salon building at 926 C Street, North Wilkesboro, collapsed on Aug. 11 and 12.

The Western Piedmont Symphony, a professional orchestra based in the North Carolina foothills, opens its 2025-26 season with ...

NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced today (Wednesday) for the ...

The State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved increases to health care coverage premiums for members at its meeting on ...

The Wilkes County Board of Elections passed a resolution during a meeting earlier this month temporarily transferring voters in the Cricket, Fairplains, Wilkesboro 2 precincts who are eligible to vote ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced the hiring of David Ray as the organization’s executive ...

The Wilkes Community College Dental Assisting Program’s 37th annual pinning ceremony was held Aug. 1, with 18 students receiving pins to signify successful completion of the one-year diploma-level ...

First-year and returning Appalachian State University students began moving into residence halls in Boone on Aug. 12 in ...

The Happy Valley Jamboree, a free event, is Aug. 29-31 on the Jones family farm along N.C. 268 in the Happy Valley community ...

On Aug. 15, the National Park Service reopened eight miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 221.8 to 229.7 south of ...

In April 1775 — just days before the Revolutionary War broke out at Lexington and Concord — North Carolina’s royal governor, Josiah Martin, disbanded the colonial legislature, of which Johnston was a ...