Students at Krueger Middle School recently got a close look at what the local Jr. ROTC program has to offer. On Feb. 5, the ...

North Carolina ... showed that McDowell County was contending with three active wildfires Wednesday including the Crooked Creek Fire in Old Fort and the North Fork Fire in Marion.

Two more fires began north of Marion, North Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon. According to McDowell County Emergency Management, no evacuations are in place for either fire. The North Carolina Forest ...

Residents of McDowell County, North Carolina, are back in their homes after evacuation orders, prompted by a wildfire known as the Crooked Creek Fire, were lifted on Thursday morning. As reported ...

A second wildfire started shortly after the first one north of Marion, North Carolina. According to McDowell County Emergency Management, no evacuations are in place for that fire. It is 2 acres ...

Along with U.S. Forest Service crews, the North Carolina Forest Service ... for firefighters battling the North Fork Fire near Marion in McDowell County. According to the U.S. Forest Service ...