UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.: The McDowell County Courthouse has been cleared and no threat was found. The courthouse is now open to ...

Keith Ray Grogan, 55, of Old Fort, was charged and arrested for breaking into a car and trespassing, the McDowell County ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

On Jan. 24, Detective Adam Burnette with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office was in the North Cove area in search of a stolen truck when he was led to 25-year-old Jessie Jane Fulbright's home in ...

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the courthouse downtown reopened after being evacuated due to another bomb threat on Monday.

WRAL 5 On Your Side is taking on the problems plaguing western North Carolina. The team spent a week in western N.C., traveling to Buncombe, Yancy, Mitchell and McDowell counties to survey the damage ...

The same courthouse in Western North Carolina has been shut down due to bomb threats twice in less than two weeks. The latest incident at the McDowell County Courthouse happened, Monday morning.

A bomb threat was made at a western North Carolina courthouse for the second time in 10 days on Monday. Law enforcement was ...

SANDRA ROGERS, KILLED BY HELENE, REMEMBERED AS LOVING FAMILY WOMAN AND ANIMAL ADVOCATE “It was a great house. It really was, ...

The biggest batch of record-setting cold temperatures are likely to hit early Thursday and Friday, Orrison said. But North ...

Winter sports in Western North Carolina are in Week 13 of the season ... Cooper Foster, Avery County: Foster, who is undefeated on the season, took the championship match in the 120-pound class ...

"We lost a true Brother, Friend and Mentor of the fire service," Fairview Volunteer Fire Department said on its Facebook page ...