When a student misses 2 days per month of the school year, they miss 30 hours of math and 60 hours of literacy.

A cold front is expected in North Carolina next week ... early Saturday morning along the Interstate 40 corridor, including Marion, Morganton, Hickory and Statesville, Horne said.

Law enforcement and emergency services are actively investigating a bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse in the downtown area.

MARION, N.C. (WLOS) — The McDowell County Courthouse in downtown Marion has reopened after it was evacuated due to a bomb ...

Firefighters caught a bit of good luck on Friday and made gains to contain and extinguish a wildfire burning in McDowell County.

McDowell's competitive spirit squad returned from Friday's PIAA meet with a coed varsity trophy. Only, it wasn't the one the program has become accustomed to receiving. The Trojans, coached by ...

The North Fork Fire in McDowell County is now at 350 acres, the U.S. Forest Service announced in an early afternoon news release Jan. 31. The fire is 40% contained as firefighters continue burnout ...

McDowell County Emergency Services first reported the fire at about 4 p.m. Jan. 29 in the area of Good Road in the Woodlawn Community of Marion ... The North Carolina Forest Service, North ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown to 200 acres and is 20% contained.

OLD FORT, N.C. — McDowell ... North Carolina mountains, gusts topped 60 mph causing hundreds of outages in Ashe County. Another wildfire was sparked along 80 Watson Place on Highway 221 North in ...