July is not as busy as the previous few months for beekeepers, but it is still a very important month in the bee yard.

The present covered bridge over the Reddies was washed away in the flood of 1916, but was rebuilt using much of the old ...

STEMmer Days for Toddlers will be presented by the Appalachian State University Mathematics and Science Education Center at the Traphill Library at noon, Tuesday, July 22, as part of the ...

Naturalist Ken Crouse of Wilkes County will lead a mushroom walk on Saturday, July 19, at Rendezous Mountain State Park at 956 Rendezvous Mountain Road in Purlear.

Naturalist Ken Crouse of Wilkes County will lead a mushroom walk on Saturday, July 19, at Rendezous Mountain State Park at 956 Rendezvous Mountain Road in Purlear.

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill revealed that repetitive flooding in North Carolina is far more common and more widespread than previously recognized, with ...

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When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years.

Authorities responded to an incident with shots fired in the parking lot of the Wilkes Family YMCA in N.C. 268 West in ...

One of the two lanes of U.S. 21 on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in northeastern Wilkes County will be closed for retaining wall repairs starting July 21 unless delayed, ...

A man was arrested on 17 felony and misdemeanor charges after an eight-mile, high-speed chase in and near Wilkesboro ended ...

The Ronda commissioners reached a stalemate when they tried to decide who to appoint to serve the remaining portion of one of two vacant seats on their board Tuesday night.