The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data ...

NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced today (Wednesday) for the ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will host a workshop focused on best practices and strategies to improve the quality ...

The Western Piedmont Symphony, a professional orchestra based in the North Carolina foothills, opens its 2025-26 season with ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced the hiring of David Ray as the organization’s executive director.

The State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved increases to health care coverage premiums for members at its meeting on ...

The Wilkes County Board of Elections passed a resolution during a meeting earlier this month temporarily transferring voters in the Cricket, Fairplains, Wilkesboro 2 precincts who are eligible to vote ...

The Wilkes County commissioners voted to not proceed with building a new terminal building at the Wilkes County Airport Tuesday night after learning that it would require spending a little ...

New NC law mandates school cellphone restrictions and social media instruction Bipartisan support boosted NC legislation requiring public school districts to restrict cellphone use, provide social ...

Botanist Riley Sain is leading a 1.4-mile, two-hour hike every Saturday in August on the Fodderstack Trail in the Blue Ridge ...