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Nashville, Tenn.-based Louisiana Pacific Corp. announced how the company and its LP Foundation are assisting victims of Tropical Storm Helene locally and elsewhere. In partnership with the LP ...

Wilkesboro United Methodist Church at 309 Main Street will host an event in which people can bring unwanted documents and have them shredded for free from 9 a.m. to noon ...

The Wilkes Heritage Museum and Wilkes Genealogical Society will present local author and researcher Lane Harrison Dyer for a program at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in the auditorium on the ...

The Appalachian State University is operating under “emergency conditions due to flood damage and other issues resulting from Tropical Storm Helene, with no classes scheduled until after Oct. 15 in ...

Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26-29. The worst flooding occurred across a broad swath of western North Carolina, where rainfall ...

The U. S. Geological Survey announced that it activated its landslide event team and is providing “timely best science” to inform local authorities as they prioritize resources in the aftermath ...

Wilkes Tourism Development Authority Director Thomas Salley recently successfully completed the Southeast Tourism Society’s Travel Marketing Professional program.

The following article is published in recognition of the roles of Col. Benjamin and Capt. Robert Cleveland as part of the ...

Wilkes Countians are responding to catastrophic damage from Tropical Storm Helene in Ashe and other more mountainous counties ...

All North Carolina state parks west of Interstate 77 are closed through at least Oct. 31, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced. These include Stone Mountain, Rendezvous Mountain ...

Portions of at least 25 public roads in Wilkes County were closed for different lengths of time due to flooding or mudslides ...