The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lowering the water level in Lake Lure by 30 feet to scrape out 376,000 tons of silt and sediment pushed into the lake by Helene, the Town of Lake Lure reported in a ...

Kings Mountain, NC (May 28, 2025) – A tragic workplace accident claimed ... and Cleveland County EMS discovered that the 67-year-old man had been involved in an industrial incident. Despite their ...

The newly added sites delve deeper into the diverse aspects of North Carolina’s moonshine and motorsports legacy. One of the sites is at Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center in Old Fort. The ...

MARCH 12, 2025 - The wildfire on Old Fort Mountain along I-40 has reached around 4 acres and is 60% contained, according to the N.C. Forest Service.

OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — Just a few months after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Helene, an "out of control" wildfire in the western North Carolina ... across a small mountain and burning ...

A wildfire that McDowell County Emergency Management called "out of control" erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday, just four months after the area was ravaged by ...

A wildfire can be seen burning in the mountains behind a home in Old Fort, North Carolina, where many homes were devastated by Helene in late September. RFK Jr: I've prayed daily for 20-years that ...

The Mountain Gateway Museum has opened to the public at its temporary location at 78-C Catawba Ave., in Old Fort. Repairs have begun to the ... a permanent exhibit on what makes western North Carolina ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — A local Helene volunteer tipped News 13 to a FEMA mobile home park in Old Fort, North Carolina that is housing displaced families. News 13 counted 46 new trailers at the ...

OLD FORT, North Carolina — With the keys to her new home in hand, Kelli Hart has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.She and her husband Tom, who is a disabled Vietnam veteran just moved in.

Assessment is continuing on the portion between Asheville and Old Fort, North Carolina. (Photo: Norfolk Southern) The remoteness and mountain topography, coupled with conditions following the storm ...

North Carolina, man was arrested early Monday morning after a deadly shooting, officials said. Deputies with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Justin Tyler Bartlett, 34, of Old Fort ...