Remaining dead tips of tree limbs define where Wilkes County experienced Brood XIV of the 17 cicadas in May and June.

The Wilkesboro Police Department arrested two men on charges of selling illegal controlled substances after search warrants ...

Concord-based Daymark Recovery Services Inc. will replace Synergy Recovery Inc. as the provider of facility-based crisis (FBC) center and detox services at the county-owned Shirley B. Randleman Center ...

Hickory Ridge History Museum in Boone will again present "Mutz-Mag: An Appalachian Tale for Children," a play by Boone-native and Los Angeles-based actress and playwright Clarinda Ross.

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night approved an agreement for buying a former Northwestern Bank office building and 6.4 acres at the intersection of Executive Drive and Oakwoods Road ...

RALEIGH — Nonviolent protests have a venerable history in North Carolina and beyond. Violent protests — that is, riots — have an ignominious one. A broadly recognized distinction? You might ...

Nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith ...

New Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children ...

Lawmakers reconvened at the N.C. General Assembly to push a flurry of bills through the Senate and House education committees last week.

I obey my mother and father by getting up in the mornings as sweet as pie,” says Kaitlin, 7. I’m still working on this one. When I wake up, I’m grateful if I don’t hurt myself by tripping over the ...

Southern Baptist representatives on June 11 fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy ...