The Crooked Creek fire in Old Fort burned 220 acres through the evening of Jan. 29, but is currently at 55% containment, according to an update the morning of Jan. 30 from McDowell County's Office of ...

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as an "out of control" wildfire began to ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - McDowell County Emergency Management announced the Town of Old Fort has been issued a boil ...

Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, issued a boil water advisory after a main water break in Old Fort.

Keith Ray Grogan, 55, of Old Fort, was charged and arrested for breaking into a car and trespassing, the McDowell County ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North ... for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, but ended Jan. 30.

Emotions ran high in the courtroom as family members of Mario Carson, who was killed in a shooting at the Dollar General at 792 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort on Feb. 9, gathered for the probable cause ...

Debris must be put in the public right-of-way along roads by March 1 to be picked up, McDowell County Emergency Services said ...