An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as an "out of control" wildfire began to burn the afternoon of Jan. 29, according to the McDowell County Office of ...

the area around Bat Cave saw 1.5 to 3 inches of rain May 13. The area wasn’t “anywhere close to caught up on the old damage” from Helene, Jarvis said, “and we're having to deal with the new now.” Part ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – An out of control wildfire fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by a tree falling onto a power line. Emergency ...

Firefighters worked Wednesday to establish containment lines and protect homes in the area of Old Fort. The Crooked Creek fire is on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area still recovering from Helene's ...

ALMOST an hour into our dawn safari in Sri Lanka, we spot the leopard. Except, sadly, I don’t. The driver points into the ...

After months of repair work following Tropical Storm Helene, new trails and parking have been opened in Old Fort by the US ...

An extended family of six adults and six children brought home more than just souvenirs from Costa Rica after touring a bat cave. The family that is spread across three states — Georgia ...

BAT CAVE, N.C. — This week’s rain has already led to more than a dozen mudslides in areas of western North Carolina that are still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Several inches of rain have ...

people have been grabbing their cowboy hats and have headed to Fort Smith for the old Fort Days Rodeo. It all gets underway on Memorial Day, with the parade in the morning. You'll have to keep a ...

resulting in the cave-in of a part of the busy, arterial stretch, officials said. A 2.2-metre diameter sewer line runs along the length of the road. “We are in the process of rectifying it and ...

A bat-filled cave could be the culprit for the mystery sickness. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published last week found confirmed or likely cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal ...

The chapel lies within Durban’s Old Fort off KE Masinga Road (Old Fort Road). It has a storied history in the city’s life, beginning as a pitched camp set up in May 1842 by Captain Thomas ...