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

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

On Friday morning, the McDowell County Sheriff's ... The Asheville Police Department and Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office K9 units, and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's (SBI ...

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

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

William Kehler, firector of McDowell County Emergency Services, provides an update on the wildfire near Old Fort, NC. Marianne Faithfull ... food each state is best known for Yellowstone bison ...

An evacuation order issued Wednesday for parts of McDowell County due to a wildfire in Old Fort was lifted Thursday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, an evacuation order in place for several ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – McDowell County’s 911 service is currently experiencing a disruption. According to officials, the state of North Carolina is experiencing a statewide network issue that ...

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 ...

Known as the North ... another wildfire in McDowell County, the Crooked Creek fire that previously forced families to evacuate from their rural Western North Carolina homes. The fire started ...