Garland Baker, an attorney in Ashe County, has been hired as an assistant district attorney for the 34th Prosecutorial District, announced Tom E. Horner, district attorney for the 34th District.

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

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

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

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will host a workshop focused on best practices and strategies to improve the quality ...

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

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

The Alzheimer’s Association — Western Carolina Chapter is inviting residents of Wilkes County and nearby areas to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in a Walk to End ...

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

As of Tuesday, authorities were looking for a man on charged resulting from a motor vehicle chase Monday that began in Watauga County and ended with the pursued vehicle wrecking ...

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 ...

Botanist Riley Sain is leading a 1.4-mile, two-hour hike every Saturday in August on the Fodderstack Trail in the Blue Ridge ...