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Opening night reception for Work by ArtMix, a show featuring new works and a tribute to ArtMix member Orna Moradov Bentor, is 5:30-7:30 p.m.. Friday at the Wilkes Art Gallery.
The Ola Belle Reed Song Writer’s Retreat is April 11-13 at the Ashe Civic Center and Ashe Arts Center in West Jefferson.
Students in the Fantasia Junior Music Club in Wilkes County received high ratings for their performances in the N.C. Federation of Junior Music Clubs Festival at Wake Forest University in ...
A record 500-plus flu-related deaths in North Carolina, including eight Wilkes County residents as of Tuesday, were recorded for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season.
Students and employees of the Wilkes County Schools were recognized for accomplishments during the April 7 meeting of the ...
Alabama bass, which are invasive to North Carolina, are now in more rivers and lakes than ever before and are competing with ...
The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on the felony offense of assault on an executive, legislative or court officer and other offenses as a result of an incident on April 5. He was ...
The 2025 Relay for Life of Wilkes County Survivor Dinner will be held at the Stone Family Center for Performing Arts on Cherry Street in North Wilkesboro on Tuesday, April 22.
The Ronda commissioners voted unanimously to appoint Michael Boaz as acting town clerk until a new clerk is hired during their April 8 meeting Boaz was sworn in to the position that night.
A company called AshBritt is removing parts of trees from Wilkes County streams under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of ...
Wilkes Community College recently hosted its 28th annual Student Awards Reception at the John A. Walker Community Center.
The impact of the emergence of a periodical cicada brood on orchards, berry and grape operations and other woody plants ...