U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, who represents western North Carolina, including McDowell County, and his wife, Teresa Edwards, have sold the McDonald’s franchises they owned for decades, closing a business chapter that began when Edwards took his first job with the company at age16.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the Chimney Rock Fire Department on April 7, 2026.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, left, and Chase Pickering, vice president of Biltmore House guest experience and operations and great-great-grandson of George and Edith Vanderbilt, look out during an event at Deaverview Mountain in Asheville, N.C., on Monday, April 13, 2026. Buncombe County recently closed on the 342-acre property, which is slated to become a public park.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the Chimney Rock Fire Department on April 7, 2026.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, left, and Chase Pickering, vice president of Biltmore House guest experience and operations and great-great-grandson of George and Edith Vanderbilt, look out during an event at Deaverview Mountain in Asheville, N.C., on Monday, April 13, 2026. Buncombe County recently closed on the 342-acre property, which is slated to become a public park.
