The Meredith Victory, an American Maritime Merchant vessel, sailed under command of Capt. Leonard LaRue with a valiant crew to Korea's Hungnam Harbor in late December 1950.

A business jet crashed Thursday, Dec. 18, while trying to return to the Statesville airport shortly after takeoff, killing ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will have a free workshop on pruning apple and peach trees starting at 1:30 p.m., ...

What is lost and found? Heritage is often lost as more generations grow and blossom. As a proud descendant of the Cherokee Nation, little of our traditions and history is ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Wilkes Medical Center named registered nurse Kandice Darnell the hospital’s latest Daisy ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Wilkes Medical Center announced that Kelsey Nesselrode, a certified nursing assistant, is ...

Morrison on Gardner-Webb honor roll ...

Duke Energy is continuing the installation of higher-capacity, more efficient power lines in Wilkes County in place of existing power lines, with work currently underway in the Millers Creek area.

Traphill Fire Department will have bingo games at the fire station on Traphill Road on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. with soup available at 6 p.m.

Brittany Nicholson, a first-generation college student and sophomore in WCC’s Radiography program, has been named the 2025–2026 recipient of the John N. Bennett Scholarship.

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Central senior Mark Davis (enrolled at Wilkes Early College High School) won the 100-yard butterfly, making the final touch ...