The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the courthouse downtown reopened after being evacuated due to another bomb threat ...

UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.: The McDowell County Courthouse has been cleared and no threat was found. The courthouse is now open to ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

The All-County School Talent Show, known as McDowell County Schools Got Talent 2025, will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb.

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office is once again on the scene at the McDowell County Courthouse after a reported bomb ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

The same courthouse in Western North Carolina has been shut down due to bomb threats twice in less than two weeks. The latest incident at the McDowell County Courthouse happened, Monday morning.

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

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 ...

"We lost a true Brother, Friend and Mentor of the fire service," Fairview Volunteer Fire Department said on its Facebook page ...

On Jan. 24, Detective Adam Burnette with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office was in the North Cove area in search of a stolen truck when he was led to 25-year-old Jessie Jane Fulbright's home in ...