A high fire danger warning has been issued Friday morning until next week. According to McDowell County Emergency Management, residents are being asked to ...

Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The community is mourning and remembering longtime mountain firefighter, Steve Lytle. A ...

the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County, is 100% contained. The fire was caused by a fallen powerline. One home had ...

A tractor accident claimed the life of an assistant fire chief, according to McDowell County Emergency Services Director Will ...