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The U.S. Forest Service said it would conduct two controlled burns, scheduled to start Tuesday, in Pisgah National Forest in a news release.

If you're seeing smoke where you live, it could be from one of several prescribed burns taking place or in the works.

UPI – A North Carolina woman’s 11-foot, three-inch potato plant has officially been dubbed the tallest in the world by Guinness World Records. Cecelia Smith of Nebo, in McDowell County, said she started growing her potato plant, which she dubbed Gertrude, in February 2023, and she started to suspect by May that it might end […]

News 13 has learned ambulance handoff times in 2023 at Mission Hospital forced hundreds of patients to wait more than an hour for transfer into the ER.

Last week marks the final week of the regular session for 2024, focusing primarily on Senate bills except for the budget bill and supplemental appropriations.

On Friday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 219 Fleming Ave. in Marion for Meg’s Place. It is a house where foster children in custody of McDowell County Department of

Legends are hard to come by. Exactly what makes one is not so easy to define. Still, we know it when we see it. Tony Colobro had that quality. He

Fayetteville w.va. – A lively discussion referencing Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln, Mick Jagger, Beyoncé, the Montgomery Dairy Queen and Taylor Swift (well, Swiftie to be more precise) ensued here

Jawuan Jackson, an honor student at Mount View High School in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, is heading to the National Academy of future physicians and medical scientists, an elite gathering for future doctors, thanks to a lot of help from his Jobs for West Virginia Grads instructor Debbie Krabbe, the Jobs for Americas Grads program, a GoFundMe and an anonymous donor. Jackson is one of dozens of disadvantaged students in West Virginia who are committed to returning to their economically...

Gov. Jim Justices business failures and unmet obligations have drawn grievances from banks and foreign companies. But theyve also affected members of some of West Virginias most vulnerable communities, including company Justice company retirees like Pinkey Mullens enduring company drug coverage interruptions and southern coalfields suffering environmental and property tax revenue losses.