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In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...
The Wilkesboro Town Council has officially approved a major upgrade and expansion of the town’s wastewater treatment plant for a cost not to exceed $89.8 million.
Democratic leaders in the House so far have managed to keep intact Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of six bills allowing people to ...
The number of homeschooled children in Wilkes County increased by about 10.5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and again from 2023-24 to 2024-25, according to data from the N.C. Department of ...
Industrial league softball games were a popular summer activity in Wilkes County for decades. North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola ...
N.C. 268 East is an economic lifeline in Wilkes County because of the large number of tractor-trailers hauling goods and the many commuters going back and forth on the highway, although some opt for ...
A new book provides previously unpublished raw glimpses of life in Wilkes County in the last quarter of the 18th century, not long after the area was considered the Carolina ...
The motion approved Monday night included these two boards and the board that approved financing and plans for the courthouse ...
Attendance and demand for local peaches were both strong at the seventh annual Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival in the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons in Wilkesboro Friday and ...
The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous recent thefts, including at Millers Creek Elementary School.
In the middle of a dark September night in 1711 in Carolina, John Lawson found himself captive, tied up and flung in the center of the council ring of the ...