The North Fork fire is burning in areas of heavy damage from Hurricane Helene near the Woodlawn Community in McDowell County, ...

Deputies in McDowell County said a person of interest has been identified, but no charges have been filed at this time.

SANDRA ROGERS, KILLED BY HELENE, REMEMBERED AS LOVING FAMILY WOMAN AND ANIMAL ADVOCATE “It was a great house. It really was, ...

McDowell County Emergency Management was urging residents Wednesday to evacuate do to a wildfire in Old Fort. Officials said that the wildfire is burning in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell ...

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said that the wildfire in Old Fort is currently 15% contained, but evacuation orders remain in place. The wildfire, burning in the Crooked Creek community, is ...

On Monday, the county hired a company for the grading and clearing of the apartments site to prepare for construction.

The temporary bridge on U.S. Highway 221 North, next to Mountain Paradise Campground, is now complete.

Law enforcement and emergency services are actively investigating a bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse in the downtown area.

NEBO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thanks to rain the North Fork Fire in western North Carolina is now 60% contained at over 600 acres.

Approximately 100 personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, McDowell County Emergency Management, and Woodlawn Fire Department are on the ground assisting with the ...

North Carolina’s first burn association formed in the Sandhills ... A firefighter responding to the North Fork Fire in ...