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 ...

The same courthouse in Western North Carolina has been shut down due to bomb threats twice in less than two weeks. The latest incident at the McDowell County Courthouse happened, Monday morning.

"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 ...