McDowell County News

A McDowell County slaying suspect won't face a McDowell County jury. A Superior Court judge recently ruled that the murder case against Daniel Wayne Scott, 43, of Nix Creek Road in Marion will be heard in Rutherford County.

When Barnardsville resident Roger Compton was laid off from his job as a machinist in January, he tried to think positively.

Spurred by the tragic death of his brother, Curtis, to brain cancer in 2004, he learned that his brother's illness was not unique in Old Fort, despite the condition's relative rarity among the greater population.

Carson's Chapel sponsors an old fashioned country breakfast at the chapel, 2561 Tom's Creek Road , 7:30-10 a.m. Saturday.

McDowell County saw an increase in unemployment claims for the month of May, giving the community the second-highest unemployment in the state.

A prison escapee's flight Friday didn't take him very far. Sam Dotson, the unit manager of the Marion Minimum Security Unit on N.C. 226 South, said Robert W. Herrmann, 32, fled through the woods while on work detail mowing the grass at the facility Friday.

Authorities have arrested the second of two suspects who reportedly broke into a house earlier this month and swiped two video game systems while the resident slept.

The jobless picture in Western North Carolina worsened in May as the region's unemployment rate was 10.5 percent, up from 10.3 percent in April, according to state figures released Friday.

CHARLOTTE a ' Six members of an alleged drug trafficking group that reportedly possessed 4,017 pounds of marijuana are in federal custody.

Their state-of-the-heart treatment has earned McDowell County paramedics an award.

While students are away from public schools on traditional calendar, the work does not stop.

Authorities have arrested a Nebo man whom they say, after his father died, carried on the "family business" of selling prescription pills out of their home.

A Nebo woman is used to fighting fires but maybe not one quite like this. She dedicated herself to serving and protecting her community, but now authorities have arrested her for stealing more than $16,000 from a local nonprofit firefighters group.

Join park staff on a leisurely hike to one of the lake's most beautiful vistas, Sandy Cliff Overlook.

McDowell leaders joined Wednesday to dedicate a new firing range, located behind the McDowell County Public Works' transfer station on N.C. 226 South.

Visitors to Western North Carolina can now add two more waterfalls to the long list of scenic cascades in the region they can hike to.

A recent tip led authorities to two suspects they say were hauling painkillers into McDowell from Hickory.

A lot of McDowell County Schools employees lost their jobs this week. The Board of Education heard a report from the superintendent about the stripped budget for the next fiscal year, learned how the personnel decisions were made and approved the action Wednesday.

A two-month investigation into illegal drug activity culminated Thursday in the arrest of four suspects and the seizure of methamphetamine and marijuana.

All westbound lanes have reopened on Interstate 40 following a traffic accident on Old Fort Mountain in McDowell County this afternoon.