The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a weather alert at 4:01 p.m. on Monday for strong thunderstorms until 4:30 p.m. for Wilkes County.

A plan to build a suspension bridge for hikers in Wilkes County recently got a funding boost from a state program for nature ...

Wilkes County officials hoped to work out these details, but that is on hold due to the funding cut. North Carolina’s legislature created the recovery court program in the mid-1990s.

Wilkes County, North Carolina, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but local officials have been open to approaches for making the crisis less deadly. They recently embraced a new strategy: a ...

Background The Wilkes Rescue Squad is no longer funded by the county after a unanimous vote by the Wilkes County Commission on Tuesday night, terminating a roughly $250,000 annual contract.

Local News Active wildfire in Wilkes County, multiple agencies responding The wildfire is located on the mountainside of Old Highway 16 near the Wilkes and Ashe County line.

On behalf of the City of Wilkes-Barre, Mayor George C. Brown donated a large map of the city dated 1870 to the Luzerne County Historical Society. The 155-year-old map was discovered at the Departme… ...

Luzerne County study commission will focus on electing council in districts, disclose draft maps The Luzerne County Government Study Commission meets Thursday at the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre.

But how did individual counties in North Carolina vote in the presidential election? In the interactive map below, you can see how each county voted on Election Day.

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A man is dead after he was hit by a car in Wilkes County. NC State Highway Patrol said they responded to a crash Monday on Clingman Road at Bethel Road around 7 p.m. When ...