Featured Top Story Breaking Editor's Pick Student from McDowell earns Morehead-Cain Scholarship Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022 Updated Apr 27, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Morehead-Cain Foundation announced its class of 2026 and a student from McDowell County is among this prestigious group.kAm%9:D 72==[ fd ?6H |@C69625\r2:? $49@=2CD 7C@> E9C@F89@FE }@CE9 r2C@=:?2[ E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D[ 2?5 E96 H@C=5 H:== 368:? 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McDowell Endowment giving $56,950 in grants to local nonprofits McDowell County native started mowing lawns at 15. 5 years later, he has a business, employees Marion sixth graders say city needs a dog park; family nonprofit aiming to create toddler park Marion native assumes command of U.S. Army rapid response task force This new spot in Marion is offering locally grown food and beer, run by farmers and a brewer McDowell County man charged with sexual assault of employee Frye Regional Medical Center given Immediate Jeopardy status. What does that mean and what's next? 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