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On Thursday, Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, announced that NASCAR’s All-Star race will be returning to North Wilkesboro. This will be the 40th running of the NASCAR All-Star Race.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“A conservative who gets things done”
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 6:36 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Economic developers will tell you that you can’t sell from an empty wagon, you have to have a product to sell.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Wilkes Community College President Jeff Cox will serve as the next president of the N.C. Community College System.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: During the 75th season of NASCAR, the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, Governor Roy Cooper, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other officials from NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports announced today.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 2:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Tomorrow will mark 75 years since the first race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 18, 1947, and on the eve of that historic day, Governor Roy Cooper visited the speedway to highlight the significant investments it will receive for repairs.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 11:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mary Surratt may have been a loving mother, but it would eventually kill her. Regardless, President Lincoln was murdered and retribution must be exacted, irrespective of the accused's culpability.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 1:19 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that Disaster Recovery Centers will open this week to help Caldwell and Wilkes county residents who were affected by storms that struck in late October
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 4:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, notorious presidential assassins will tell their stories in an East Carolina University musical opening Feb. 25 in McGinnis Theatre.
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 10:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Mrs. Mae Anna McArthur Wilkes, age 82, a resident of College Avenue, Washington Park, died Thursday morning, July 23, 2015 at River Trace Nursing Center.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 11:05 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory received a federal disaster declaration Tuesday night to help local governments in three more Western North Carolina counties recover from the severe flooding that occurred July 27.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 5:22 pm
By: David Winstead
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During this campaign season, I'm seeing a lot of North Carolina politicians promise to address the state's economic woes by helping more young people receive university degrees. In my view, this is not a serious policy proposal. It is just political pandering.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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