As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown to 200 acres and is 20% contained.

The North Carolina Forest Service ... and McDowell County set evacuation orders for areas along Bat Cave Road. Emergency personnel will continue to remain on site to monitor the situation and ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said fires had burned in North Fork in the American Thread Road area, and in the Bat Cave Road area of Crooked Creek. The agency, crediting the North Carolina ...

Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina 3 months ago, but the 24-hour news cycle has gone well beyond the scenes of quaint mountain towns ... The residents of Bat Cave, North Carolina ...

Ajax arrived at Grandfather Mountain on Aug. 26, 2015, estimated to be about 1 and a 1/2 years old.He came to North Carolina from Florida after falling from his nest on a golf course. The fall ...

We will miss his strength and confidence,” official at not-for-profit animal rehab center says. “He was always so regal and ...

Ajax, the beloved Grandfather Mountain bald eagle, died Wednesday due to complications from an infection, officials with the N.C. nature park in Linville said. He was 11. “We will miss his ...

He came from the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in central Florida, after falling from his nest on a golf course.