"To be wise means to be very smart, and you know everything," says Rachel, age 6. "And when someone wise says something, and it comes true, that means they are ...

Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) recently protected 133 acres of mountain top land in northwestern Ashe County by securing a ...

Residents of an assisted living facility near downtown North Wilkesboro and in homes elsewhere in Wilkes County were ...

Wilkes County is under a flash flood warning and wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Blacksburg, Va. late Thursday morning due to weather tied to ...

Here’s the best bets for fun things to do this week in Wilkes County and the Town of Elkin, as selected by the Wilkes Journal-Patriot staff.

Wilkesboro Town Manager Ken Noland spoke about a meeting he had Tyson Foods Inc. officials during the meeting of the Wilkes Economic Corp. board Fridaty.

The Wilkes Board of Elections on Sept. 18 voted unanimously to sustain a complaint asking the chief judge of the Boomer Precinct polling place to step down from that position.

At least for now, the tide is turning on drug overdose deaths in North Carolina and nationwide.

William Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor emeritus, celebrates his 102nd birthday this week. He was born Sept. 28, 1922.

Arrests of 20 people as a result of drug investigations conducted over the last 2 ½ months were announced Monday by Capt.