The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Dec. 6-19 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Herbert Daniels, Helen Dula, Gene Dula, Craig Daniels and Nathan Daniels to Gene Dula and ...

The East Wilkes softball team winning the 1A state championship in the spring of 2024 was the year’s top sports story in the ...

Due to an early press deadline, the match results of Dec. 21 will be in the Jan. 2 issue of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot.

The Charlotte-based Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation recently donated 749 acres on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in ...

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A story on page C4 about businesses that were awarded Downtown Boros Small Business Grants by the Wilkes Economic Development Corp. mistakenly omitted oner of the recipients, the Liberty Theatre ...

Wilkes is among several counties in the northwestern part of the state scheduled to switch to a paperless court system with eCourts software in July 2025, according to the Administrative ...

Child advocates want the N.C. General Assembly to regulate the sale of intoxicating cannabis products, many of which are packaged to look like popular candy and snacks.

Discount retailer Big Lots, with a store on U.S. 421 West in Wilkesboro, announced Dec. 16 that it is filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to be acquired.

Carolyn Brookshire Pardue was recently presented the Dennis Sawyers Hall of Fame Award by the Winston-Salem Regional ...

A trailing candidate in a very close election for the N.C. Supreme Court asked that court on Dec. 18 to step in and prevent election officials from counting in his ...