Feb. 3, McDowell authorities issued the latest update about the Helene recovery process in the local community.

One fire remains after three wildfires began earlier this week in McDowell County. McDowell County Emergency Management ...

The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews were battling three wildfires in McDowell County that were first reported ...

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

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

Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County ...

The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained. The fire has burned about 220 acres in total since breaking ...

NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station nearly eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

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

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