The Stevens Correctional Center in McDowell County is now under the control of the West Virginia Division of Corrections. Legislation introduced earlier this year in the West Virginia Legislature ...

WELCH, WV (WVNS) – It has been quite the journey, but McDowell County students and teachers are finally getting back to school. Transportation has been one of the biggest adjustments for ...

PANTHER, W.Va. — A McDowell County man is charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding a man in Panther on Monday night. State Police said the victim, age 25, was recovering ...

About $12 million of federal relief has trickled into McDowell County, but residents are largely relying on each for aid and rebuilding.

PANTHER, W.Va. — Cleanup continues in western McDowell County after high water caused damage to a number of roads and bridges and a few homes last week. Panther Volunteer Volunteer Fire ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — After severe weather and fatal flooding swept through West Virginia in February, all school districts in the state will open on Monday, officials said. McDowell County ...

Four months after McDowell County, West Virginia, was hit with catastrophic flooding, one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still working to recover.

The short answer: Most did leave. In the last half-century, about 80 percent of the population of McDowell County, West Virginia, departed as jobs disappeared and civic life frayed, writes Reason ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — Well water affected by flooding in February is being tested by the McDowell County West Virginia Health Department. According to a press release, the McDowell County ...

School transformed for flood relief in McDowell County The API failed to deliver the resource. A school was transformed for flood relief in McDowell County, West Virginia.

A child's body has been recovered, and the names were released of two more victims from weekend flooding in McDowell County, West Virginia.

welch – A driving under the influence checkpoint will be conducted on Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6 p.m., until midnight in McDowell County, the West Virginia State Police announced Monday.