Jan. 29—When Karley Wells, the young principal of Clyde Elementary School, showed up to a school assembly earlier this month, she thought she'd be speaking about positivity. In reality, she was ...

To win the award, Wells was up against representatives from 18 other counties: Avery, Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Transylvania, Yancey, Burke, Cleveland, McDowell ... Wells is now in the ...

An emergency shelter is open at 203 East Main Street in Old Fort, NC. Update at 4:28 p.m.: A wildfire burning in the Crooked Creek community of McDowell County remains at 0% containment and is ...

Two Coon Rapids, Minnesota, men face drug-trafficking charges following a traffic stop in Morton County that authorities say uncovered marijuana as well as powder and crack cocaine. Benjamin ...

Residents in a rural Western North Carolina community were told to evacuate their homes as fire crews battled an “an out of control” wildfire in McDowell County on Wednesday. The fire started ...

Firefighters in Western North Carolina are battling a growing wildfire that started after a tree fell on a powerline Wednesday, according to a McDowell County press release. Getty Images ...