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Wilkes Child Protection Team report given

The Wilkes Community Child Protection Team discussed one child fatality case and reviewed five child protective services cases in calendar 2023, said Hal Wilson, Wilkes Department of Social Services program

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Several GOP primaries coming; filing ends Friday

By Wednesday morning, Republicans were assured of primaries in the races for three Wilkes County commissioner seats (with five filing); Wilkes Register of Deeds (with two filing); and the 94th

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Possible deal with Lowe's still alive

Three Wilkes County commissioners who earlier defeated a motion to explore the county’s purchase of the former Lowe’s Companies Inc. corporate headquarters (and Wilkes Mall before that) from Lowe’s indicated

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Exploring buying Lowe's facility nixed

The Wilkes County commissioners decided to not explore buying the former Wilkes Mall from Lowe’s Companies Inc., which turned it into the Lowe’s corporate headquarters and later a call center.

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Green light for new facility given in split vote

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night took the final action needed for Jefferson-based Vannoy Construction to start building a 48,500-square-foot county office facility on county-owned land at the northwestern

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Board votes 4-1 to pay $4.23M left on jail debt

The majority of the Wilkes County commissioners agreed to use $4.23 million in the county’s undesignated fund balance to pay off remaining debt from building the county jail during their

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