McDowell County News

There is something very unusual about North Carolina 's geography that contemporary historians seem not to appreciate.

Legislation meant to clarify when and how student-led prayers are allowed in public schools has passed the North Carolina Senate.

Join a Lake James State Park ranger for a program to learn about wildflowers, how to identify them and make beautiful cards just in time for Mother's Day.

Heavy rains swamped low-lying parts of the Swannanoa Valley and shut down key roads, including N.C. Highway 9. A mudslide temporarily blocked lanes of Interstate 40 on May 6 just at the Buncombe and McDowell county line.

Mountain residents were cleaning up Monday after torrential rain left behind flooded roads and land slides.

A Norfolk Southern worker has been killed after he was trapped in a mudslide while checking track conditions on Old Fort Mountain in McDowell County.

Heavy rains that fell yesterday and overnight continue to impact many roads in western North Carolina today.

The wreck occurred at 4:25 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near the rest area and mile marker 82.

A missing Gaston County woman whose body was found in a car in a rugged McDowell County ravine in December died from combined drug toxicity, an autopsy by the N.C. Medical Examiner Office has determined.

A state investigation into contamination of a McDowell County town's water system in the 1980s shows some people may have been exposed to a chemical that can cause cancer and other problems.