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 ...

Authorities located human remains in a remote area of Curtis Creek in McDowell County. Detectives with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office believe the body is that of 20-year-old Gabe Focaracci who ...

McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release ...

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

Severe weather swept through the Upstate and Western North Carolina on Wednesday evening causing a busy night for many first responders.McDowell County Emergency Management said a total of 11 ...

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.

The agreement states that the USFS will provide up to $825,000 in reimbursement to Bonneville County for repairs to the slide area on Bear Creek Road, with total project costs expected to be near ...