Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, the master flat-picking guitar player who influenced generations of musicians with his command of traditional mountain music, bluegrass, blues and other styles, died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Advertisement
A Wilkes County Board of Education member who appeared to lose her seat by one vote in the May 8 election filed an election protest Tuesday saying she believed that a person younger than 18 was given a ballot for the race.
Doc Watson, the venerable flat-picker who died Tuesday, was a source of inspiration for a variety of musicians, from mainstream pop stars to envelope-pushing instrumentalists.
Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5-mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand.
Pat McCrory's campaign and the political committees behind a television commercial McCrory says is false filed competing legal actions that raise the ante in the governor's race.
A lesson about the importance of one vote is playing out in Wilkes County.
Doc Watson appears to doing better after surgery Thursday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to remove a blockage from his colon, his manager said Friday.
Doc Watson had surgery Thursday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to take care of a blockage in his colon and appears to be doing better, according to his manager.
Guitar master and singer Doc Watson was listed in critical condition Thursday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a fall at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.
A new emergency department opens this morning at Wilkes Regional Medical Center, and a new heart center opened at the hospital Wednesday.
People who may have eaten or had a drink from Dixie Donuts in Wilkesboro recently are being advised they might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, according to the Wilkes County Health Department.
A $900,000 federal grant will help 13 hospitals in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina better evaluate the care of children in emergency departments.
A soldier from Wilkes County who was critically injured last Sunday in an explosion in Afghanistan is scheduled to fly back to a medical center in the United States today, a relative said.
Jeffrey Elmore, of Wilkes County, was the top vote-getter in a three-way Republican primary Tuesday for the N.C. 94th House seat.
A soldier from Wilkes County was seriously injured Sunday in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was in was struck by an improvised explosive device, killing the driver, according to the Department of Defense and Wilkes County Schools officials.
A Kentucky door maker has capitalized on the demise of former competitor Jeld-Wen in Wilkes County to launch a subsidiary operation there.
The N.C. National Guard 875th Engineer Co. headquartered in North Wilkesboro, with a detachment in Lexington, is scheduled to be deployed to Kuwait for nine months starting this summer, officials said this week.
A school bus from Millers Creek Elementary wrecked in heavy rain this afternoon, and 12 students and the driver were taken to hospitals, according to school officials.
MerleFest runs through today on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro.
Shannon Slaughter came home to Wilkes County, and the story of his life was selected Friday as best country music song in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest.
Jim England is a retired truck driver, but he took the stage Thursday at MerleFest 25, playing autoharp and singing the blues.
Campaign signs set out in Alleghany and Wilkes counties offer voters a stark option in the 94th N.C. House race: "It is your choice Reavill or the Devil NC House."
The sight of MerleFest banners going up each year in Wilkesboro is one more sign that winter is over and the annual music festival is coming.
Jessica Brown took her preschool daughter, Skylar, for library storytime at Lansing Town Hall recently. She decided to go on a quick field trip, walking down the hill to see firetrucks.
Construction crews have been grading earth and building roads on a section of land where North Wilkesboro is increasing its downtown business district by more than a third through a continuing public-private project called Block 46.
Advertisement
Advertisement
GALLERY: Doc Watson
2,000 protesters support gay rights
2,000 protesters support gay rights
GALLERY: NC Wine Festival
GALLERY: Priddy's General Store
GALLERY: Priddy's General Store
Advertisement