For continued coverage of life one year after the February 2025 floods, WVVA takes you back to McDowell County, this time to ...

Update: As of 9:45 a.m., the lockdown has been lifted, and McDowell County Schools reports all students and staff are safe. Normal school operations will resume. Around 9:30 a.m McDowell County ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) – John Ellison grew up in McDowell County, where his dad worked as a coal miner. Outside of the mines, his father enjoyed playing guitar, which is a hobby that fascinated John. The ...

LITWAR, WV (WVNS)– A road closure has been scheduled for Splendor Valley Road, County Route 1/7 on Saturday, February 21, ...

Governor Morrisey announced $9.5 million in water infrastructure funding for five projects in McDowell and Mingo counties ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) – It has officially been one year since McDowell County suffered historic and severe flooding on ...

For nonprofits in McDowell County, West Virginia, the federal cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act threaten a lifeline. Many of McDowell's 17,000 residents rely on federal programs and the ...

Severe weather swept through the Upstate and Western North Carolina on Wednesday evening causing a busy night for many first responders.McDowell County Emergency Management said a total of 11 ...

A McDowell County manufacturing facility has laid off approximately 90 employees. Baxter North Cove, a company that ...

Deputies in McDowell County went above the call of duty to care for an elderly couple in the community.On Thanksgiving, a McDowell County resident, who was in a local nursing facility recovering from ...