The McDowell County Courthouse in downtown Marion has been evacuated amid a bomb threat investigation. In a post on social ...

The public is advised to avoid the following streets surrounding the courthouse: Main Street, Court Street, Henderson Street, and South Garden Street, as law enforcement and emergency services work to ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — We have an update on a McDowell County wildfire burning since last week. The U.S. Forest ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

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

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of ...

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 ...

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

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

The N.C. Forest Service is warning North Carolinians to be prepared for wildfires and take the necessary steps to help ...