The temporary bridge on U.S. Highway 221 North, next to Mountain Paradise Campground, is now complete.

Public safety, infrastructure and economic growth are the three priorities that Farrell says he wants to focus on when it comes to spending.

If you want to learn more about black history in our area, the National Park Service has just the app for you. You can download their NPS app and search up “African American Heritage Driving Tour.” ...

Chief Meteorologist Joe Fitzwater has a look at the latest river level projections, more showers and thunderstorms and an overall continued active weather pattern continuing in tonight’s ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

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. * ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – A 220-acre wildfire in McDowell County is now fully contained. The Crooked Creek Fire began just before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort in McDowell ...

WELCH, W.Va. (WVVA) - Starting around 18 years ago, the Council of the Southern Mountains has been helping McDowell County and surrounding communities by offering free tax services, which they are ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Following major high school football controversy in Fairfax County, lawmakers in Virginia are getting ready to vote on the future of a proposed legislation that would address ...

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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — A man from El Salvador is named in a murder indictment handed up this week by the Jefferson County grand jury. The panel indicted David Calderon, 46, in connection with ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (KDKA) -- The body of a missing Washington County woman has been found near Fairmont, West Virginia. Ellen Donahoo, 76, went missing on Monday night after she was last seen in the ...