The McDowell County Courthouse in downtown Marion has reopened after it was evacuated due to a bomb threat investigation on ...

Law enforcement and emergency services are actively investigating a bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse in the downtown area.

“Chief Ray McDaniel has been the best mentor and has guided me each step the last 14 years,” Cody Durkee said. The planned 100-room Marriott hotel will be located at the site of the former Bank of ...

Some Big Lots stores could stay open if a North Carolina company gets the OK from federal bankruptcy court to buy hundreds of ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — We have an update on a McDowell County wildfire burning since last week. The U.S. Forest ...

The North Fork fire, a wildfire north of Marion near U.S. Highway 221, is largely under control at 644 acres. The North Fork ...

Parks and hiking trails in Catawba, Burke and McDowell counties are still being repaired four months after Hurricane Helene ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...

Crews will remain on scene throughout the night to ensure containment efforts continue. At this time, there are no active ...

Approximately 100 personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, McDowell County Emergency Management ...