Initially named after Southern Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post was stripped of the name in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols ...

During a Feb. 10 visit to Western North Carolina, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a plan that he said ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – Police and deputies are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday in Old Fort. According to the Old Fort Police Department, the shooting took place at a Dollar ...

FEB. 10, 2025 - The scene of a fatal shooting outside of the Dollar General store along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, North ...

Jacob Daniel Stewart, 22, is charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend's father.

OLD FORT, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Old Fort Police Department said a man has been charged following a domestic-related ...

A McDowell County man was arrested after a man was killed in a shooting outside the Dollar General store near Old Fort on ...

Public schools in Henderson, McDowell, Watauga, and Yancey counties had to pivot once students returned after the storm.

The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews were battling three wildfires in McDowell County that were first reported ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

McDowell Technical Community College's new Workforce Education Center in Old Fort is complete. It is the first office or ...