Law enforcement and emergency services are actively investigating a bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse in the downtown area.

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...

William Kehler, firector of McDowell County Emergency Services, provides an update on the wildfire near Old Fort, NC.

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

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

Evacuation orders in McDowell County, NC, were lifted after the Crooked Creek Fire was 55% contained; it had prompted several ...

Residents in a rural Western North Carolina community returned to their homes Thursday morning, a day after a wildfire in McDowell County forced them to evacuate. The fire started Wednesday ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said that the wildfire in Old Fort is currently 15% contained, but evacuation orders ...