Numerous felony drug cases were heard in the Jan. 22 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge Robert Crumpton presiding.

NASCAR All-Star Race Weekend will feature a “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” on Saturday, May 17, when Jake Owen takes the stage ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. sold its former corporate headquarters facility in Wilkesboro, originally the Wilkes Mall, to Wilkesboro-based Finley Properties late last week.