The Wilkes Board of Education has two draft calendars for the 2026-27 academic year to consider, one essentially like the 2025-26 calendar and an alternative that defies a 2004 state law limiting how early in the year classes start and how late they end. ... See more
New bids received for a new raw water intake planned on the Yadkin River for Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro and for a raw water line from the new intake to the North Wilkesboro Water Treatment Plant exceed funds earmarked for the project. When North Wilk... See more
Those present for orchardist Jonah Parker’s recent induction into the Wilkes Agricultural Hall of Fame included Tom Brown of Clemmons, who has spent over 25 years searching for heritage apple varieties in western North Carolina and nearby areas. Through g... See more
There is still ample room for improvement, but progress has been made in the war on roadside trash in Wilkes County. The dying back of weeds this time of year normally reveals a bigger mess than what appeared recently. Within the last couple of decades, h... See more
An article in last week’s issue mentioned the Wilkes County sheriff’s race between Claude Doughton and C.G. Poindexter in 1942, bringing to mind a story involving Doughton that Dwight Nichols - this newspaper’s editor for nearly 50 years - used to tell.
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