According to urban legend, a homesteader named Ed Gardner, and his horse realized this hidden gem lay untouched by others in ...

Take “bat tunnels”, the structures designed to help bats safely navigate developments which recently drew the chancellor’s ...

Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County ...

Cascade Caverns is a 125-million-year-old cave. It’s 65 feet deep and about a mile long, with a constant temperature of 60-63 ...

McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.

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

This response was yet another testament to the collaboration and dedication of emergency responders across western North ...

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

A 17-year-old teen was charged in connection to seven separate arsons that occurred between late November 2024 through January 2025.

In the must-see video above, evacuations were ordered after a wildfire ignited in McDowell County, western North Carolina, on Wednesday, January 29.

A Parkland High School student is recovering after being hit by a car Wednesday. Around 3 p.m., officers responded to a crash ...

On Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters in McDowell County were busy with three wildfires, including one near ...