A $96,925 grant from the N.C. Department of Agriculture’s New and Emerging Crops Program is focused on commercial production ...

The East Wilkes softball team winning the 1A state championship in the spring of 2024 was the year’s top sports story in the ...

The Charlotte-based Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation recently donated 749 acres on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Dec. 6-19 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Herbert Daniels, Helen Dula, Gene Dula, Craig Daniels and Nathan Daniels to Gene Dula and ...

Due to an early press deadline, the match results of Dec. 21 will be in the Jan. 2 issue of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot.

The present use program was established under a state law intended to encourage use of land for farming and timber production ...

Onsite work for installing a prefabricated pedestrian bridge over four-lane U.S. 421 near the North Wilkesboro Speedway is ...

A man was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and other offenses as a result of the passenger in his 1995 Toyota pickup dying from injuries she received when the ...

I know Rudolph’s little brother, the mostly unknown story of where the Rudolph tale came from and why that story may tug at your heartstrings more than other holiday stories.

A source of funds for encouraging farmland preservation and supporting agriculture in Wilkes County in other ways was ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who spoke of his faith more openly than other modern leaders, taught a Baptist Sunday ...

Grant funds awarded to Wilkes County government will be used to enhance efforts to address opioid and/or alcohol use disorder, which includes addiction.