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, ...

East improved to 16-1 overall and 8-0 in MVC action, while North, playing without three starters, regressed to 10-6 and 5-3. “Our girls played their hearts out,” said North’s coach, Steven Phillips.

The East Wilkes girls repeated as wrestling tournament champion on Friday, rolling to a convincing win in the inaugural Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference tourney at Starmount High School in ...

It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s sometimes nice to be reassured your small community of habitation hasn’t been lost amongst the 8 billion people or so on planet Earth.

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The NCHSAA Board of Directors has determined that, to accommodate schools that have lost practice time due to inclement weather and to provide wrestlers with an opportunity ...

Traphill Fire Department will host a spaghetti supper on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m., followed by bingo games starting at 7 p.m. Adam Collins will preach at Garden Creek Baptist Church in Stone ...

With severe winter weather about to arrive, about 16 N.C. Highway Patrol troopers in Wilkesboro-based Troop F, District II (Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties) gathered on Jan. 22 to cut, ...

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, Watauga ...

The High Country Council of Governments announced that it will accept applications for the N.C. Housing Finance Agency’s 2027 Essential Single Family Rehabilitation Loan Pool (ESFRLP27) program from ...