The number of people driving through barricades in the Bat Cave area has spiked, according to Henderson County officials.

So-called disaster tourists are causing a problem on the closed roads of Gerton and Bat Cave, where only residents, road crews, contractors, emergency responders and other authorized personnel are ...

The McDowell County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for residents between between 3000-4500 Bat ...

The McDowell County Emergency Management is calling for residents to evacuate due to an “out of control” wildfire in Old Fort ...

A McDowell County wildfire was 90% contained by Wednesday morning, one week after it was first reported. The North Fork Fire ...

McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.

OLD FORT, N.C. – An outside fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by ...

The 250-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

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 ...