Wilkes County News

A perilous family feud, centered in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, goes full-blown in William Pipes' first published novel, "Darby." Pipes, a retired school teacher from Western North Carolina, said the book is set in the small Wilkes County community of Darby, before the storyline moves "up the mountain" to Watauga County and ... (more)

The Elkin Valley Trails Association is hosting Danny Bernstein, author of "The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina - Walking a Thousand Miles Through Wildness, Culture and History" at the Elkin Public Library on Front Street in downtown Elkin on Monday evening, May 20 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to hear about Bernstein's experience ... (more)

The Watauga-Ashe-Wilkes Scholarship Board honored its 2013 recipients and their families with a dinner banquet at Sagebrush Steakhouse in Wilkesboro, NC on Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Garrett Miller, the interim-pastor at Wagoner Baptist Church in Laural Springs, delivers messages like his fellow preachers, but with one obvious difference; Miller is 18 years old.

In August, the Federal Highway Administration awarded two grants totaling $124,960 to Surry and Wilkes counties for implementation of the YVHC Partnership's comprehensive signage and wayfinding program.

Standing: Band Director Jennifer Weddington, East Wilkes High Principal Jodi Weatherman, Wilkes County Superintendent Marty Hemric, Eas Wilkes Middle Principal Ramona Hemric.

MLS Number: 58658 List Price: $397,600 Property Type: Residential Street #: 411 Address: West Ridge Rd City: Ferguson State: NC Zip Code: 28624 Subdivision: Leatherwood Middle School: Central Wilkes High School: Wilkes Central Bedrooms: 4 Full Baths: 3 Half Baths: 1 This is a beautiful, spacious, open floor plan mountain home in a gated community.

An elderly Boone man reported missing Monday evening was found dead early Tuesday near the site of his wrecked vehicle in Wilkes County.

The Malone Bay community features 18 lots at W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir. Fourteen are Lakefront and meet private dock requirements.

MLS Number: 58649 List Price: $249,000 Property Type: Residential Street #: 316 Address: Twin Creek Rd City: Hays State: NC Zip Code: 28635 Subdivision: Bell Mountain Middle School: North Wilkes High School: North Wilkes Bedrooms: 3 Full Baths: 2 Secluded home located in gated Bell Mountain Subdivision on 10 acres at end of Twin Creek Road.

Archaeologists in Georgia say they have discovered the location of a small frontier fort that was the site of a violent Revolutionary War gunbattle between patriot militiamen and fellow colonists siding with the British army.

After an exciting first round of the Mountain Valley Conference baseball and softball tournaments, the semifinal fields have been set.

If you can't come to MerleFest, there's always a chance that MerleFest can come to you.

MerleFest has come to a close for another year. Early estimates show that from its start on Thursday, April 25, to its close on Sunday, April 28, aggregate participation over the festival's four days exceeded 76,000 participants, staying level with last year's numbers.

The John Rex Endowment approved a planning grant of $81,789 for Inter-Faith Food Shuttle to work with the Southeast Raleigh community to develop a plan for an urban agriculture project to address low access to healthy foods.

A nonprofit program credited with reducing prescription drug overdose deaths by 69 percent in one North Carolina county is going statewide this year with a $2.6 million grant from state and private sources.

The former owner of a Wilkes County health laboratory has pleaded guilty to health care fraud after allegedly bilking Medicare for services that did not take place, federal prosecutors say.