As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office said one person was arrested and another is wanted in connection with a bomb threat at ...

UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.: The McDowell County Courthouse has been cleared and no threat was found. The courthouse is now open to ...

Khloe Joyner scored 29 points for McDowell in a win over Erwin, leading WNC's top performers for Week 13 of the winter sports ...

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies, Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies and West Virginia State Police troopers joined forces with ...

Residents in a rural Western North Carolina community returned to their homes Thursday morning, a day after a wildfire in McDowell County forced them to evacuate. The fire started Wednesday ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last September.

Firefighters in Western North Carolina are battling a growing wildfire that started after a tree fell on a powerline Wednesday, according to a McDowell County press release. Getty Images ...

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County, an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Helene just four months ago, nearly to the day, officials said. The fire ...

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the courthouse downtown reopened after being evacuated due to another bomb threat on Monday.