McDowell County Emergency Management reports crews are responding to a chlorine leak at a manufacturing plant on Thursday.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – McDowell County Emergency Management have reported a chlorine leak at a Baxter facility.

Nearly a dozen homes were damaged, several vehicles destroyed, and one person was hurt after a round of severe thunderstorms ...

A crash near the McDowell County-Rutherford County line has caused the highway to be shut down, according to officials.

Multiple departments also responded to a structure fire in Dysartsville where they battled downed trees and power lines to ...

On Monday June 30, in the evening, three people were pronounced dead at the scene and one survived a car crash near the ...

The Asheville Police Department said a pedestrian has died months after they were hit by a minivan in March.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order due to the Bee Rock Branch Fire. All residences on Wild Acres Road, off of NC 226 A near ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said the fire started along Armstrong Creek Road, just off North Carolina Highway 226 in Turkey Cove. As of Wednesday morning, the fire had grown to 2,085 ...

McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release.

McDowell County Emergency Management said only 27% of the fire was contained. It forced evacuations this week and was burning in one of the hardest-hit areas from Hurricane Helene last September.

McDowell County will hold Independence Day events this week with a rodeo, parades and fireworks. The Independence Day rodeo ...