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

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

Keith Ray Grogan, 55, of Old Fort, was charged and arrested for breaking into a car and trespassing, the McDowell County ...

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

WRAL 5 On Your Side is taking on the problems plaguing western North Carolina. The team spent a week in western N.C., traveling to Buncombe, Yancy, Mitchell and McDowell counties to survey the damage ...

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the courthouse downtown has been evacuated due to another bomb threat on ...

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

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 ...

The Hickory Daily Record’s parent company, Lee Enterprises, was hit by a cyberattack that challenged us to fulfill some of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey reported Sunday night the state was in full response mode from flash flooding that ...

Under the third draft of the NCHSAA's conference realignment, there will be no 11-team conference. Schools can still appeal ...