Merle’s cocktail lounge was named Small Business of the Year and Church & Church Lumber Co. received the Excellence in Business Award during the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce’s 77th annual
Perry “Ty” Lowe III, a fifth-generation orchardist in the Pores Knob community, was inducted into the Wilkes County Agricultural Hall of Fame the night of Nov. 16.
Full details on the Brushy Mountain Apple Festival on Saturday in downtown North Wilkesboro are in the official festival program, included in this issue.