An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of ...

McDowell Technical Community College's new Workforce Education Center in Old Fort is complete. It is the first office or ...

OLD FORT, N.C. – An outside fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — An "out of control" wildfire burning near Old Fort is forcing evacuations, according to the McDowell County ...

The McDowell County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for residents between between 3000-4500 Bat ...

McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.

On Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters in McDowell County were busy with three wildfires, including one near ...

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

An emergency shelter is open at 203 East Main Street in Old Fort, NC. Update at 4:28 p.m.: A wildfire burning in the Crooked Creek community of McDowell County remains at 0% containment and is ...