The town of Kimball was once home to the nation’s largest privately owned African American hospital.  After taking over a ...

If you want to learn more about black history in our area, the National Park Service has just the app for you. You can ...

BIG SANDY, WV (WVNS) – When Fall River Elementary School closes its doors at the end of the 2024-25 school year, one teacher will have seen it all. Ms. Gwendolyn Lacy is currently a second-grade ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — 14 dogs were rescued in an animal cruelty case in McDowell County. According to the Animal Rescue Corps website, 14 dogs were involved in an emergency rescue in McDowell ...

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

The North Fork fire is burning in areas of heavy damage from Hurricane Helene near the Woodlawn Community in McDowell County, NC. The fire is located east of Highway 221 and south of American ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — An FCI McDowell County inmate was sentenced for weapon possession on January 21, 2025. According to a press release, 26-year-old Demoreal Killebrew, an inmate at the ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown to 200 acres and is 20% contained. McDowell County Emergency ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – A 220-acre wildfire in McDowell County is now fully contained. The Crooked Creek Fire began just before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort in McDowell ...

McDowell County, the southernmost county in West Virginia (WV), was created in 1858 and named in honor of James McDowell, the governor of Virginia from 1824 until 1844. Its county seat is at Welch.

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 ...