McDowell County Schools will be closed on Wednesday. Schools will be closed for students. Wednesday will be an optional annual leave day for staff. McDowell Technical Community College will be classes ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

Keith Ray Grogan, 55, of Old Fort, was charged and arrested for breaking into a car and trespassing, the McDowell County ...

"We lost a true Brother, Friend and Mentor of the fire service," Fairview Volunteer Fire Department said on its Facebook page ...

WRAL 5 On Your Side is taking on the problems plaguing western North Carolina. The team spent a week in western N.C., traveling to Buncombe, Yancy, Mitchell and McDowell counties to survey the damage ...

A nine-team 4A/5A conference that would be home to seven of Catawba County’s eight public schools remains unchanged.

The firing of U.S. Forest Service workers in Asheville threatens Helene recovery efforts, current and former employees say, and future of the agency.

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the courthouse downtown reopened after being evacuated due to another bomb threat ...

A bomb threat was made at a western North Carolina courthouse for the second time in 10 days on Monday.Law enforcement was ...

UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.: The McDowell County Courthouse has been cleared and no threat was found. The courthouse is now open to ...

On Jan. 24, Detective Adam Burnette with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office was in the North Cove area in search of a stolen truck when he was led to 25-year-old Jessie Jane Fulbright's home in ...

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office is once again on the scene at the McDowell County Courthouse after a reported bomb ...