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

A bomb threat was investigated and cleared Friday morning at a courthouse in McDowell County. Roadways around the downtown courthouse in the Western North Carolina county were closed the morning of ...

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

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

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

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...

Wrought with emotion by his brother’s fentanyl poisoning, a 31-year-old freshman congressman from North Carolina on Thursday ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said that the wildfire in Old Fort is currently 15% contained, but evacuation orders ...

Officials have confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres, is now 100% contained, according to McDowell ...

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

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