OLD FORT, N.C. — A wildfire in a McDowell County community is 100% contained, officials said Thursday afternoon. The Crooked Creek wildfire, which has burned 220 acres as of Thursday afternoon, was ...

The body of a missing Asheville man was found Monday afternoon near Old Fort. Authorities located human remains in a remote area of Curtis Creek in McDowell County. Detectives with the McDowell County ...

A fast-growing wildfire broke out in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland April 14, prompting evacuations of nearby residences.

"We’re using database programs to target exact skills that the kids are missing and then trying to fill some of those skill ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Severe weather swept through the Upstate and Western North Carolina on Wednesday evening causing a busy night for many first responders.

A community-led effort hopes to establish Crooked Creek Cultural Campus near the northwest intersection of West 62nd Street and Michigan Road, with a 200-seat theater and community center nestled ...

Sen. Mark Maynard, R-Wayne, who also represents parts of McDowell County, said he is starting to look into what needs to happen for areas like Welch and Kimball to get flood walls.

Four months after McDowell County, West Virginia, was hit with catastrophic flooding, one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still working to recover.

Those familiar with Crooked Creek are probably alarmed at this point. There's more. Attached to this boat was a 6-horsepower Mercury outboard motor and a separate gas tank.

Bonneville County commissioners and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Supervisor Kim Pearson signed a Road Project Agreement for Bear Creek Road in Bonneville County Wednesday morning, according to a ...