The Old Fort Police Department said a man has been charged following a domestic-related shooting at a Dollar General on ...

The purpose of the meetings is to provide the public with information on the projects and to gather comments from residents and business owners in the area. Questions and comments may also be ...

Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

BAT CAVE, N.C. — Since Hurricane Helene hit, a western North Carolina man continues to provide free repair work in Bat Cave, ...

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

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

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

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as ... As of 4:29 p.m., the North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer set the fire at 150 acres in ...

A second wildfire started shortly after the first one north of Marion, North Carolina. According to McDowell County Emergency ...

BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A previously highlighted WNC Hero, Jake Jarvis, who has been pivotal in Helene recovery, was recently scammed out of nearly $80,000. After Helene ravaged Jarvis ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — An "out of control" wildfire burning near Old Fort is forcing evacuations, according to the McDowell County Emergency Management Administration. The 80-acre fire has 0% containment, ...

Fire burns “with high intensity” in an area of the North Carolina mountains previously ... after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, according to a county ...