Spotlight Number of McDowell County voters who need to update registration shrinking Mike Conley Jul 30, 2025 Jul 30, 2025 Updated Jul 30, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The McDowell County Board of Elections is participating in a statewide effort to collect identification numbers missing from the state’s voter rolls.kAm%96 }]r] q@2C5 @7 t=64E:@?D 7@C>2==J =2F?4965 :ED 677@CE E@ 4@==64E :56?E:7:42E:@? ?F>36CD — 5C:G6C’D =:46?D6 ?F>36CD @C E96 =2DE 7@FC 5:8:ED @7 $@4:2= $64FC:EJ ?F>36CD — 7@C 23@FE `_b[___ G@E6CD]k^AmkAm%96 #68:DEC2E:@? #6A2:C !C@;64E 2:>D E@ 6?DFC6 E92E }@CE9 r2C@=:?2’D G@E6C C@==D 2C6 2D 244FC2E6 2?5 4@>A=6E6 2D A@DD:3=6[ 3C:?8 E96> :?E@ 4@>A=:2?46 H:E9 C646?E DE2E6 4@FCE CF=:?8D[ 2?5 D6EE=6 2 A6?5:?8 =2HDF:E H:E9 E96 &]$] s6A2CE>6?E @7 yFDE:46] %96 DE2E6 3@2C5 F?2?:>@FD=J 2AAC@G65 E96 A=2? 2E :ED yF?6 ac >66E:?8[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> E96 }]r] q@2C5 @7 t=64E:@?D]k^Am People are also reading… Update: Old Fort man killed in motorcycle crash on I-40 identified Mission Hospital McDowell recognizes 3 nurses for National Nurses Week Dual-threat QB Haynes King is Panthers' top undrafted free agent to watch McDowell County Sheriff Ricky Buchanan will retire Aug. 1, before term ends Report: Chuck Edwards under scrutiny for alleged affair with former aide; lawmaker denies claims Marion man charged with burglary and kidnapping after woman held against her will in home McDowell Express expanding on-demand app-based transit to Old Fort McDowell County Sheriff’s Office says its searching for missing dump truck Reports: NC Rep. 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