OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

For 16 years, the Buffalo National River has denied explorers access to Arkansas’s longest cave and hundreds of others. Some ...

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

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 ...

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

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 wildfire that burned an estimated 220 acres in McDowell County was likely sparked when high winds knocked down a power line ...

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.

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

An “out of control” wildfire burning in western North Carolina is forcing residents to evacuate from their homes on Wednesday, according to the McDowell County officials.