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July is not as busy as the previous few months for beekeepers, but it is still a very important month in the bee yard.
The present covered bridge over the Reddies was washed away in the flood of 1916, but was rebuilt using much of the old ...
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When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years.
One of the two lanes of U.S. 21 on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in northeastern Wilkes County will be closed for retaining wall repairs starting July 21 unless delayed ...
Authorities responded to an incident with shots fired in the parking lot of the Wilkes Family YMCA in N.C. 268 West in ...
There’s a certain kind of magic that rolls into Wilkes County when summer hits full stride. Most mornings, as I walk to work on the Yadkin River Greenway, are thick ...
The Wilkesboro Police Department is investigating the theft of an outdoor heat pump for air conditioning valued at $5,000 from a commercial/office building at 1202 Woodfield Way.
The Ronda commissioners reached a stalemate when they tried to decide who to appoint to serve the remaining portion of one of two vacant seats on their board Tuesday night.
The North Wilkesboro commissioners on Tuesday night approved a policy establishing guidelines for proper and authorized use of the town’s official logo and seal.
The Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will host the 23rd Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium from July 10-16 on the Boone campus.
Hugh Chatham Health and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist on Tuesday announced Hugh Chatham Health has officially joined Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, part of the third-largest nonprofit health s ...