The McDowell County Health Department said Friday 18 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the known total locally to 628.
A wreck shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday damaged a utility pole and halted traffic on Logan Street in Marion near the city park. No one was seriously injured. Crews will be working in the area and traffic will be rerouted until the street is safe.
Response from the public has caused Mayor Steve Little and the Marion City Council members to reverse their decision to temporarily suspend the city of Marion’s residential recycling program.
Both the McDowell County Board of Commissioners and the Old Fort Board of Aldermen will hold their regular meetings for August on Monday.
Two people are charged with stealing an Old Fort man's camper.
For the first time in more than 36 years, Marion won’t have a Mountain Glory Festival.
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A Marion man faces drug charges after officers at the jail discovered drugs on him, authorities said Friday
Both the McDowell County Board of Commissioners and the Old Fort Board of Aldermen will hold their regular meetings for August on Monday.
Read through the obituaries published today in McDowell News.
As I have said in the past, I don’t tend to write about paved trails.
Appalachian Mural Trail shows off latest addition
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