Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse, met and prayed with Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, on May 28 in Berlin.

The North Carolina Center for Resilience & Learning announced the release of the Education Preparation Programs Trauma-Informed Practices Toolkit, designed for educator preparation programs across ...

Wilkes County’s unemployment rate dropped from 3.8% in March to 3.5% in April, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported.

Four Wilkes County entities were awarded a total of $4,907 in garden mini-grants through N.C State Extension’s SNAP-Ed program, Steps to Health, this year.

Heirloom tomatoes are enjoying a quiet revival among gardeners and homesteaders who crave flavor, variety, and a deeper connection to gardening traditions, ...

Appalachian State University researcher Dr. Zachary Russell, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation (NCI) to develop an ...

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A total of 604 Wilkes Community College graduates earned 1,152 credentials in the spring semester.