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 ...

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

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, N.C. (WSPA) – Firefighters are continuing to work to put out a more than 600-acre wildfire in McDowell County. According to the National Forest Service, the North Fork Fire ...

Deputies have given an all clear after a bomb threat forced the evacuation of the McDowell County Courthouse Friday ...

The North Fork fire, a wildfire north of Marion near U.S. Highway 221, is largely under control at 644 acres. The North Fork ...

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

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.

“Welcome to the center of our world Tove Jane McDowell,” the couple wrote on Instagram, sharing a picture of their newborn in a cot, with a blanket stitched with her name. “Words will never ...

On Jan. 15, detectives with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office helped probation officers serve a warrant to Shelby Lynn McKinney, 30, of Elk Park in Avery County, for failure to appear in court.