Top Story Spotlight McDowell County park may get updates to trails, disc golf course, fishing access Mike Conley Apr 20, 2026 4 hrs ago 0 × Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The park behind McDowell County's Universal Advanced Manufacturing Center may get some improvements. Steve Pierce, president of the McDowell Trails Association, speaks to the McDowell County Board of Commissioners on April 13. MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS kAm$E6G6 !:6C46[ AC6D:56?E @7 E96 |4s@H6== %C2:=D pDD@4:2E:@?[ E2=<65 E@ 4@F?EJ @77:4:2=D 23@FE 2 AC@A@D2= E@ >2<6 :>AC@G6>6?ED E@ E96 A2C< 2C62 369:?5 E96 &?:G6CD2= p5G2?465 |2?F724EFC:?8 r6?E6C 3F:=5:?8 2E 2? pAC:= `b |4s@H6== r@F?EJ q@2C5 @7 r@>>:DD:@?6CD >66E:?8]k^AmkAm%96 A2C< @? 4@F?EJ\@H?65 AC@A6CEJ 92D 2 D>2== EC2:= DJDE6>[ EH@ A@?5D 2?5 2 5:D4 8@=7 4@FCD6] %96C6 92G6 366? 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