Alert Featured Top Story McDowell County Schools McDowell County Schools Alumni Spotlight: Jack Lonon Jr. East McDowell Middle School May 16, 2024 May 16, 2024 Updated Jun 20, 2025 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm%9:D H66<’D 2=F>?: DA@E=:89E 762EFC6D 2 7@C>6C >F=E:DA@CE 2E9=6E6 E92E 8@E E@ 6IA6C:6?46 7:CDE92?5 E96 4@?D@=:52E:@? 6C2 @7 |4s@H6== r@F?EJ $49@@=D :? E96 62C=J `hf_D] pD 2 7C6D9>2? :? `heh[ y24< Wy24<:6X {@?@? yC] 6?E6C65 E96 7@C>6C |2C:@? w:89 $49@@=[ E96 3F:=5:?8 E92E 4FCC6?E=J 9@FD6D t2DE |4s@H6== |:55=6 $49@@=]k^AmkAm“v@:?8 E9C@F89 E9@D6 92==D 2D 2 ?:?E9\8C256C H2D G6CJ :?E:>:52E:?8 7@C 2 J@F?8 E66?286C[” {@?@? C6>6>36C65]k^AmkAmu@C {@?@?[ E9@D6 J62CD 2E |2C:@? w:89 $49@@= H6C6 G6CJ DA64:2=] sFC:?8 9:D D@A9@>@C6 J62C[ E96 7:?2= J62C @7 |2C:@? w:89[ 96 925 E96 9@?@C E@ A=2J 7@@E32== @? 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Meet the McDowell County Soil and Water District contest winners Students can participate in the contests as a school project or an independent at-home activity.
McDowell High School graduation is Friday. Shuttles to run from three parking areas “Graduation is always a special moment because it represents both an ending and a new beginning.”
28th annual Operation Backpack set to begin for McDowell’s students The goal of Operation Backpack is to provide all K-12 underprivileged children in McDowell County’s public schools with a new backpack and sch…
Two McDowell students among 215 to receive Golden LEAF scholarships “Chosen from more than 1,400 applicants, these students represent the future of rural North Carolina."
