Firefighters caught a bit of good luck on Friday and made gains to contain and extinguish a wildfire burning in McDowell County.

McDowell Technical Community College's new Workforce Education Center in Old Fort is complete. It is the first office or ...

The North Fork Fire in McDowell County is now at 350 acres, the U.S. Forest Service announced in an early afternoon news release Jan. 31. The fire is 40% contained as firefighters continue burnout ...

Firefighters made progress on containing the North Fork fire in northern McDowell County Thursday evening. It is now 40% ...

Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, ...

The maps are an extreme partisan gerrymander by Republican legislators that totally screw North Carolina voters." [18] Senate majority leader Phil Berger said, “We wouldn’t pass these maps if we ...

RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE IN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND THEY’RE WORKING TO CONTAIN THE LAST OF THREE WILDFIRES THAT BROKE OUT ON ...

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Officials have confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres, is now 100% contained, according to McDowell County Emergency Management ...

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

Wildfires broke out in western North Carolina this week near towns that were heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene. Two fires ...