The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as an "out of control" wildfire began to burn the afternoon of Jan. 29, according to the McDowell County Office of ...

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

An emergency shelter is in place at First Baptist Church in Old Fort, located at 203 East Main Street, according to McDowell County Emergency Management. Emergency personnel from across McDowell ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - McDowell County Emergency Management announced the Town of Old Fort has been issued a boil ...

An emergency shelter is open at 203 East Main Street in Old Fort, NC. Update at 4:28 p.m.: A wildfire burning in the Crooked Creek community of McDowell County remains at 0% containment and is ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina ... Officials said the Crooked Creek Fire is located in Old Fort and the Watson Place and North Fork Fires are located in Marion. Crews stated that gusty ...

Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, issued a boil water advisory after a main water break in Old Fort.

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

Led by Libby Wilson, the club meets downstairs at the McDowell County Public Library in Marion every first Tuesday of the ...

Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...