A Wilkesboro woman whose son was diagnosed with a rare metabolic condition just in time to avoid dangerous health complications and allow him a normal life with proper diet has become a leader in efforts to ensure the same for others born with the conditi... See more
The Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) plans to deed 393 acres in northwestern Wilkes County to the National Park Service as an addition to Blue Ridge Parkway lands. Aaron Flannery, CTNC western conservation manager, shared this Tuesday night wi... See more
Students in the Wilkes County Schools “lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence,” which is the federal definition of student homelessness, continued to increase in the 2024-25 school year. There were 410 Wilkes students meeting this defin... See more
Changes that would allow housing all Wilkes Department of Social Services operations in a three-story building under construction instead of other county departments as originally planned would cost nearly $4 million, the county commissioners learned Tues... See more
A woman is in the Wilkes County Jail without bond on a charge of first-degree murder as a result of a fatal shooting Tuesday morning in the Brushy Mountain community. The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office charged Megan Jane Thomas, 39, of 183 Dogwood Road, Moravian... See more
