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 ...

The Macon County Sheriff’s Office reports arresting an escaped federal inmate who killed a detention officer with his own gun ...

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

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

An emergency shelter is in place at First Baptist Church in Old Fort, located at 203 East Main Street, according to McDowell County Emergency Management. Emergency personnel from across McDowell ...

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.

By 10:30 p.m., the Bee Rock Branch Fire — as it is now known — was estimated to have burned 175 acres with 0% containment, according to McDowell County Emergency Management.

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, 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 ...

By 10:30 p.m., the Bee Rock Branch Fire — as it is now known — was estimated to have burned 175 acres with 0% containment, according to McDowell County Emergency Management.