A man is in the Wilkes County Jail under a $1 million secured bond after being charged with second-degree forcible rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Daniel Boone and Scots in the Valley Festival at Whippoorwill Academy and Village in Ferguson is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., ...

Applications must be submitted by Oct. 15 to the Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation District office in Wilkesboro for federal block grant funds recently made available for repairing roads, culverts ...

Wilkes County Public Library will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of its consriuction with an open house on Saturday, Sept. 20.

Winners of $250 “downtown dollars” apiece to spend at downtown North Wilkesboro businesses were recently announced in connection with the Downtown North Wilkesboro Partnership’s Summer Passport ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office Aug. 15 to Sept. 5.

A Foundation for Beauty, featuring works by Michael Patterson and Cole Johnson, opened on Sept. 12 with a reception at the Wilkes Art Gallery.

The following news items are from the Sept. 19, 1985, issue of The Journal-Patriot.

An NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail fundraiser featuring Boone biographer Robert Morgan drew a full house Saturday at the ...

Delayed Harvest Trout Waters regulations return on 33 trout waters in western North Carolina beginning Oct. 1.