Crews have started removing Hurricane Helene debris from streams and rivers in McDowell County. The U.S. Army Corps of ...

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

The McDowell County Courthouse was evacuated Friday morning due to a bomb threat. The threat was investigated by multiple ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it more difficult to contain.

"I was devastated … you'd have to be stupid to put a reactor in an earthquake zone," Ms Cox said. But Seismology Research Centre chief scientist Adam Pascale said the possibility of a Fukushima ...

Emergency crews are working to contain a wildfire in Western North Carolina on Wednesday night. McDowell County Emergency Management ... added to the evacuation zone. While multiple outbuildings ...

A wildfire that McDowell County Emergency Management called "out of control" erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday, just four months after the area was ravaged by ...

Evacuations are in place for people living along several roads in Old Fort, North Carolina, due to an 80-acre fire known as the Crooked Creek Fire. The McDowell County Office of Emergency ...

An Oconee County sheriff’s deputy has been accused of using his position to conduct surveillance on a person in Clemson. Drivers in Henderson County are being reminded not to drive around the ...

Along with U.S. Forest Service crews, the North Carolina Forest Service, McDowell County Emergency Management, and the Woodlawn Fire Department are on the ground assisting. The Forest Service says ...

William Kehler, firector of McDowell County Emergency Services, provides an update on the wildfire near Old Fort, NC. President Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law, the first law signed in his ...