Current Wilkes County Newspapers

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Historical Wilkes County Area Newspapers

The links will take you to the DigitalNC project who have the issues to read online.

The Blue Ridge Baptist (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

Carter’s Weekly / The Journal-Patriot (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Chatham Blanketeer (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

Cougar Cry – Wilkes Community College Student Newspaper Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Elkin Courier (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Elkin Times (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Fool-Killer/Pearson’s Paper (Pores Knob, Boomer, Moravian Falls N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

Good News (Boomer, N.C.) Formally The Fool-Killer (digitalnc.org)

The Index (Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Journal (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Lash (Moravian Falls, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Mirror (Elkin, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The North Wilkesboro Hustler (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

North Wilkesboro News (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC

The Yellow-Jacket (Moravian Falls, N.C.) Historic Issues · DigitalNC