A Flood Watch has been issued for upcoming rain and snow melt in the high terrain of West Virginia. The watch starts Thursday evening and runs until later in the day Friday. * ...
WEEKEND AHEAD. CHRIS. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE IN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND THEY’RE WORKING TO CONTAIN THE LAST OF THREE WILDFIRES THAT BROKE OUT ON WEDNESDAY. THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE ...
Upshur County, in northeastern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1851 and named in honor of jurist and statesman Abel Parker Upshur. Its county seat is at Buckhannon, the largest municipality in ...
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – It is never an enjoyable process when your school is being forced to close its doors. One McDowell County school that is in the middle of this process is not allowing the doom and ...
BIG SANDY, WV (WVNS) – When Fall River Elementary School closes its doors at the end of the 2024-25 school year, one teacher will have seen it all. Ms. Gwendolyn Lacy is currently a second-grade ...
North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...
OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA/WNCN) — An “out of control” wildfire burning in western North Carolina is forcing residents to evacuate from their homes on Wednesday, according to the McDowell County ...
According to the North Carolina Forest Service's wildfire map, the fire is about 40 acres and 0% contained. To receive McDowell County emergency alerts text 28752 to 888777.