McDowell County Emergency Services Director Will Kehler said a call came in around 10:12 a.m. about a crash involving a dump truck in the 500 block of Bat Cave Road.

OLD FORT, North Carolina (WLOS) -- A 65-year-old dump truck driver from Georgia died after losing control of his truck down a steep, six-mile I-40 descent into Old Fort on Tuesday, June 17. Sign up ...

North Carolina's death toll from Hurricane Helene is now officially 108, following a fatal dump-truck accident that happened on June 17 in Old Fort.The 65-year- ...

The Crooked Creek fire is on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area still recovering from Helene's flooding in September. Two other wildfires broke out in the county Wednesday afternoon. County emergency ...

A fast-growing wildfire broke out in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland April 14, prompting evacuations of nearby residences.

The NC Department of Transportation has built a temporary road between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. The permanent highway may not be ready for three years.

After months of reconstruction, a temporary access road between Chimney Rock and Bat Cave has been completed, restoring connection between the two towns.