A standing-room-only crowd filled a meeting room at The Pope Center for last Friday’s Washington City Council retreat, and city leaders tried to clear the air about the future of a proposed city-backed hotel project, and of proposed changes to More...
City utility bills in Washington have a new look and format – as of this week, the old postcard bill is gone, replaced by a more detailed bill that comes in an envelope. More...
Renee Brown and Thomas Macfie took their News-Reporter to the Taumadhi Square and Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal (near Kathmandu, Nepal). This News-Reporter is 8,128 miles from home. More...
Southern States Cooperative will review its operations at a series of local annual meetings, including the upcoming meeting for members of Southern States Cooperative, Inc. – Washington Service. More...
The Wilkes County 4-H B.B. Shooting Sports Team held its annual winter gas raffle fund-raiser to kick off the new season and awarded the $100 in gas prize to Jerrel Pharr. More...
TO THE EDITOR: The attached report [not included here] was made available to city officials on January 28, 2010 as part of their background information in the discussion to make changes in the current 2004 City Charter. More...
TO THE EDITOR: A “thank you” to the following businesses, churches, and clubs that have donated to the Cancer Relief Fund since 2007: you have made it possible for us to provide Wilkes County cancer patients with gas for their treatme More...
A graveside memorial service for Oliver Tomlinson Myers Jr., 80, of Sims Street, Washington, was held Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. More...
Clark’s Station Baptist Church will host a gospel music concert on Sunday, February 21, at 11 a.m. The special guest for the concert will be international music star Charlotte Ritchie. Mrs. More...
The Bereavement Support Group sponsored by Wills Memorial Hospital will meet Wednesday, February 10, at 1 p.m., in the hospital library. The meeting is open to the public and focuses on the sharing of experiences and changes to More...
Unemployment in Wilkes County went down slightly in December, dropping to 11.5 percent from 11.9 percent, but still higher than the state and national average rates. More...
Frontiers cabin builders Jan Howard, Tracy Holder, and Judy Denard stand proudly with the log cabin that they hewed and built with their bare hands to prepare for the Revolutionary Days celebration in Washington next week. More...
Sunday night was the first fifth Sunday in the new year and youth church leaders in the county took advantage of it to begin what they hope to continue on every fifth Sunday during the year. More...
Denis Johnson is not known as a crime writer (he won the National Book Award in 2007.) In Nobody Move, however, he has written what might be called a “crime noir.” Jimmy Luntz, who might be called a “lowlife,” is the protag More...
Washington-Wilkes Tiger boys varsity basketball team members include (front row, l-r) Terry Graves, Keenan Jackson, Matson Keiser, Deon Jackson, Eric Scott, Bobby Dill, Tevin Curry, (back) Coach Don K More...
Registration for the 2010 Washington Wilkes Little League has begun and will continue until March 5. Registration is in the upstairs office at Ashley Park. More...
Mackenzie Marie Justice Mark and Roxane Justice of Rayle announce the adoption of their daughter, Mackenzie Marie, who was born Tuesday, January 26. Mackenzie weighed 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 20 inches long. More...
Kaitlin and Kindler Norman, daughters of Ed and Hayden Norman of Good Hope and granddaughters of Dottie Norman of Washington, continue to amass honors as they attend Westminster Christian School in Oconee County. More...
