The McDowell County Board of Commissioners has held several closed meetings about personnel in the past month.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - McDowell County Emergency Management said a wildfire is causing traffic delays on I-40 ...

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

On Wednesday, March 12, a wildfire impacted traffic on I-40 around 4 p.m. It occurred on Old Fort Mountain near the Buncombe ...

Megan Alexandria Mitchell, 42, of Old Fort, was charged and arrested when crack cocaine and fentanyl were found during a ...

Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, issued a boil water advisory due to the water main break that is being repaired.

Drivers on Interstate 40 on Old Fort Mountain should expect slow traffic and smoke due to a wildfire. The wildfire is burning ...

Referred to by one historian as the "center of the universe" of the region's railway history, a landmark gateway between Asheville and Old Fort will be rebuilt, Norfolk Southern has told the N.C.

A wildfire was found on US Forest Service Property near I-40 Old Fort Mountain. Officials warn drivers to expect slow traffic ...

Located in McDowell County, the historic set of railroad tracks known as the Old Fort Loops have long served as the only rail line connecting Asheville to the rest of North Carolina for freight ...