The McDowell County Planning Board has drafted a new proposed animal ordinance in response to resident complaints about stray dogs roaming neighborhoods.

Update: Arianna Deslatte has been found. Original story: The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating an 11-year-old girl. Arianna Deslatte was last seen ...

welch — School officials in McDowell County are warning students and parents about a dangerous social media trend that has been reported at two local schools. According to the school system ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — This week’s Food Truck Friday takes us to McDowell County where Chris Weaver and Bob Buckley are checking in at the Alpine Inn in Little Switzerland. Bob and ...

McDowell County, NC weather today, April 22 - Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 5 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 74 degrees.

SQUIRE, W.Va. (WCHS) — Investigators said an elderly man was killed over the weekend in a McDowell County house fire. The body of a 71-year-old male was found after firefighters extinguished a ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Tucked in the South Mountains of North Carolina, the 1,100-acre Camp Grimes has long been a place of adventure and growth for Boy Scouts of America. But after Hurricane ...

After several days of efforts and improved weather conditions, significant progress has been made in containment of the three wildfires burning in Western North Carolina. Two of the fires, burning ...

It is updated hourly and provides information on the fires. Bee Rock Creek Fire update; McDowell County, NC wildfires An April 21 map of the Bee Rock Creek Fire from the U.S. Forest Service.

It is updated hourly and provides information on the fires. Bee Rock Creek Fire update; McDowell County, NC wildfires An April 22 update on the Bee Rock Creek Fire in McDowell County informed the ...