The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced the approved season dates, bag limits and applicable regulations for the 2025-26 waterfowl, webless migratory game bird (including doves) and extended ...

The Knotville Fire Department will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an event at the fire station on N.C. 268 East from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Sandy Feat, a Raleigh-based fixture at MerleFest, again produced sand art sculpture with a festival-theme on the main road ...

The 85th anniversary of Blue Ridge Mountain Post 1142 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be observed with an event featuring live music, arts and crafts booths and fireworks ...

The North Wilkesboro commissioners took action allowing construction to begin for a new pool and other long-discussed major improvements to Smoot Park in a special called meeting Monday night.

A woman driving a Nissan pickup received life-threatening injuries when the vehicle wrecked on Boone Trail in Purlear about 7 ...

A bill working its way through the N.C. House of Representatives would allow civil lawsuits against individuals for development decisions they make on city councils or planning boards.

Wilkesboro Town Manager Ken Noland said during the April 17 Wilkes Economic Development Corp. board meeting that the Wilkesboro Town Council recently approved amending the town’s zoning ordinance to a ...

Additional contestants in the Little Miss Princess Pageant include, from left, Bailey Richardson, daughter of Miranda and ...

With especially large turnouts Friday and Saturday nights, MerleFest 2025 may have produced one of the four-day event’s ...

With especially large turnouts Friday and Saturday nights, MerleFest 2025 may have produced one of the four-day event’s ...

As I write this column, the Trump administration has levied new higher tariffs on most countries. The business community is not happy, as reflected in several large drops in the ...