Firefighters made progress on containing the North Fork fire in northern McDowell County Thursday evening. It is now 40% ...

Buncombe County Court has sentenced a man to serve a minimum of 70 months for charges stemming from an arrest in May 2024.

"This is a prime example of why the public sometimes has no faith in the justice system. I am disgusted and heartbroken for this family and the citizens of North Carolina," District Attorney Welch ...

A Nebo man is charged with exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult and 13 other felonies in connection with a check fraud scheme involving mail theft in McDowell County ... larceny of chose in ...

In 2024, McDowell County was marred by Hurricane Helene, which swept through western North Carolina at the end of September. The storm caused enormous destruction to homes and businesses, taking lives ...

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A former pastor in the North Carolina mountains is accused of stealing “large amounts of cash donations” from church members and the community that were intended for Hurricane Helene relief, a sheriff ...

A pastor is accused of embezzling money from a church, including donations intended for Hurricane Helene relief, according to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office. Jeffrey Brian Merrow ...

A McDowell County pastor was charged with ... Merrow has multiple previous convictions, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. He was convicted in Camden County in 2021 of ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – A man was arrested for embezzling money from his local church, according to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office. On October 28, 2024, deputies spoke with members of a ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The McDowell County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) has charged a local pastor with multiple felonies. According to an MSCO Facebook post, Detective Grant Robinson with ...

N.C. Highway 226 North in McDowell County, also known as Coxes Creek, was closed Friday morning due to an overturned propane truck. One person was airlifted to a hospital. The road reopened by 10 a.m.