Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, are warning residents to “act now to preserve your life” as landslides and floodwaters threaten the Lake Tahoma dam. The cities of Marion and Old ...

The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), also at the McDowell County Senior Center (100 Spaulding Road, Marion, NC) is open daily ...

A family’s willingness to protect a pregnant stranger escalated into a gunfight when her pursuer began shooting at their home ...

McDowell County students are set to return to class marking the last district to reopen as the community deals with recovery and cleanup from floods that impacted the region on Feb. 15 ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Multiple agencies are working to contain a wildfire burning in McDowell County, officials said Tuesday. The fire is located near Armstrong Creek Road off NC 226 north of ...

COMING UP NEXT ON WYFF NEWS FOUR TODA Deputies in McDowell County, North Carolina, arrested a man on multiple felony charges after he allegedly shot at a home and assaulted a pregnant woman.

Spring is a time of excitement in McDowell County Schools. The smell of fresh-cut spring grass, flowers blooming and the ...

Another bomb threat has been made at the courthouse in McDowell County, North Carolina. UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.: The McDowell County Courthouse has been cleared and no threat was found. The ...