McDowell County conducted its annual "tabletop exercise" at the Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday in Marion to ...

West Virginia’s governor on Tuesday outlined the scope of the state’s efforts to help bail out flood-ravaged McDowell County and other hard-hit spots from Febru ...

A fast-growing wildfire broke out in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland April 14, prompting evacuations of nearby residences. U.S. Forest Service crews are responding to the wildfire ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Tucked in the South Mountains of North Carolina, the 1,100-acre Camp Grimes has long been a place of adventure and growth for Boy Scouts of America. But after Hurricane ...

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 ...

The Bee Rock Creek Fire has grown from 300 acres April 16 to 504 acres in McDowell County as firefighters gain some containment on the active fire, U.S. Forest Service officials said April 17.

A wildfire burning in northern McDowell County has grown to more than 500 acres as of Thursday morning. Read more: <a href="https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Some families in northern McDowell County were under an evacuation order Wednesday while crews battled a wildfire, emergency officials said. WLOS reports that by ...

A wildfire in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland grew to 175 acres April 14, with no additional evacuations or significant changes overnight. U.S. Forest Service crews are responding ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order due to the Bee Rock Branch Fire. All residences on Wild Acres Road, off of NC 226 A near ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Firefighting crews working to contain a wildfire in McDowell County made significant progress by Wednesday, just over a week since the fire was first reported.