Bethany Medical Center and its founder and CEO, Dr. Lenny Peters, agreed to pay $8.83 million to resolve allegations of violating state and federal law by billing Medicare, Medicaid and ...

A series of cockpit instrument failures occurred before a plane crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport and claimed the lives of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, former Wilkes County resident ...

A sheet of ice flew off a northbound sport utility vehicle on N.C. 16 South and struck the front windshield of a southbound car Thursday in the Pores Knob community, ...

Several days of preparations amid fluctuating forecasts culminated with Wilkes County dodging the severe impact Winter Storm ...

In Article Audio Player McCain said it was a Burchette guitar, adding that it was made by a wonderful builder, and the wood is mahogany that Johnny Cash smuggled out of Jamaica in the 1970s. The wood ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation is making progress clearing Wilkes County roads in the aftermath of a 2-inch-deep sleet ...

Winners in the Wilkes Art Gallery’s 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview were recognized in an opening night reception and awards ceremony on Jan. 16. The exhibition continues through Feb. 13.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School’s new inclusive playground and community park on Champion-Mount Pleasant Road was celebrated ...

The annual Homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, coordinated by the Northwest N.C. Continuum of Care (CoC), will be conducted in the High Country counties of Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, ...

Wilkes County Schools were closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week due to icy conditions on local roads.

Wilkes County government will open an emergency shelter at the Wilkes County Agricultural Center at 416 Executive Drive, Wilkesboro, at 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, due to an incoming winter ...