Affected businesses are the backbone of our community, and their recovery is essential to McDowell County’s economic ...

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

The North Fork Fire burning north of Marion is now 40% contained and has scorched 350 acres, according to an update from the ...

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

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — The North Fork Fire in McDowell County is now 65% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

NEBO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thanks to rain the North Fork Fire in western North Carolina is now 60% contained at over 600 acres.

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

Firefighters caught a bit of good luck on Friday and made gains to contain and extinguish a wildfire burning in McDowell County.

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

On Wednesday, a wildfire broke out in McDowell County in Western North Carolina after a tree fell onto a powerline.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The other fire that's still burning in McDowell County is the North Fork Fire. It is located ...