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Two people died in a wreck on Interstate 77 in Iredell County on Saturday night and a third person died in a wreck earlier Saturday on Interstate 40 in Iredell.
Wilkes Community College students who are 2024 inductees in the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) were recently announced.
A variety of felony cases were heard in the March 26 session of Wilkes District Court, with Judge Adam Anderson presiding.
Rep. Blair Eddins recently was second primary sponsor of House Bill 956: “Enhance Financial Protections/Older Adults.” ...
The awarding of $3.34 million to provide high speed internet access to 658 homes in scattered locations in Wilkes County was ...
Boomer firefighters used leaf blowers and a garden hose to keep a wildfire from reaching a large home on the afternoon of ...
Six local businesses were awarded grants totaling $18,000 in the spring 2025 cycle of the Wilkes Economic Development Corp.
The West Wilkes track and field boys had four runner-up showings Saturday at the Craig Styron Foothills Classic at West ...
West Wilkes sophomore Slater Meade had an impressive medalist performance — his seventh shared or solo win of the spring — on ...
The West Wilkes varsity baseball team posted a 13-3 intercounty win over East Wilkes in five innings Tuesday in Millers Creek.
The West Wilkes varsity softball team extended its lead to two games in the Foothills 2A Conference race after turning back Forbush, 8-1, in East Bend on Tuesday.
Forbush kept pace with Wilkes Central in the Foothills 2A Conference soccer race after blanking West Wilkes in East Bend on Tuesday, 6-0.