MCDOWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS NO ACTIVE THREAT HERE AT MCDOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE SCENE IS STILL ACTIVE. AFTER POLICE GOT AN ANONYMOUS TIP THAT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE ACTIVE SHOOTER.

Law enforcement and emergency services are actively investigating a bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse in the downtown area. As a precaution, evacuations have been implemented ...

William Kehler, firector of McDowell County Emergency Services, provides an update on the wildfire near Old Fort, NC. President Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law, the first law signed in his ...

Approximately 100 personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, McDowell County Emergency Management, and Woodlawn Fire Department are on the ground assisting with the ...

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...