The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office reports that it is searching for a suspect after an attempted gasoline theft led to a fire. Leaders say the process will take a little more than two weeks. Chris ...

A man from McDowell County was killed over the weekend in what is being investigated as a fatal train/pedestrian incident.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – A McDowell County man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting an killing a man in 2023. On May 22, a jury found Jeffrey Allen Higgins, 40, guilty of ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — A wildfire in McDowell County has burned more than 1,000 acres, emergency officials announced on Saturday. McDowell County Emergency Management said only 27% of the fire ...

McDowell County Sheriff James Muncy tells MetroNews Dunford was at the wheel of a vehicle which collided with another back on April 10th on Route 16 at Squire. The collision claimed the lives of ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — The Bee Rock Creek Fire in ... Photos shared with WFMY News 2 by Thomas Mabry show flames lighting up the mountainside. He says the area was already restricted due ...

visited McDowell County and spoke with municipal and county officials about recovering from the Feb. 15 flood that devastated much of the county and other parts of southern West Virginia.

He was arrested on Feb. 27.More News: Death row inmate Steven Bixby to appear in Greenville County court as execution stayedPhillips was booked into the McDowell County Detention Center under a $ ...

McDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Last week, we looked at the devastation as the flooding cleanup remains underway in McDowell County. WSAZ’s Tim Irr has a follow-up about how several schools in ...

WELCH, WV (WVNS) – County officials in McDowell County are still analyzing the damage and getting the latest on the impacts. 59News got the chance to catch up with Bobby Bowman, Emergency ...

The governor, who met with McDowell County officials and residents Monday while visiting flooded communities across southern West Virginia, has requested a major disaster declaration for the state.

(WSAZ) – The names of a couple who died during weekend flooding in McDowell County have been released. Donald Eugene Griffin and Deborah Griffin, both 69 and from Welch, West Virginia ...