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

One fire remains after three wildfires began earlier this week in McDowell County. McDowell County Emergency Management ...

McDowell Technical Community College's new Workforce Education Center in Old Fort is complete. It is the first office or ...

Even liberals have gotten involved in the finger-pointing. “L.A. County, and all 29 fire departments in our county, are not prepared for this type of widespread disaster,” Los Angeles County ...

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

The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained. The fire has burned about 220 acres in total since breaking ...

NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station nearly eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed ...

McDowell County officials said there were no reported injuries or fatalities from either the Crooked Creek or North Fork ...

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 ...

Evacuation orders have been lifted in McDowell County as fire officials continue to monitor three separate fires in the area ...