Featured Editor's Pick Family of missing Burke woman pleads for her return; $1K reward offered Chrissy Murphy Jul 29, 2024 Jul 29, 2024 Updated Sep 3, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kimberly Woodard has been missing for nearly a month.kAm%96 d\7@@E[ f\:?49 3=@?56\92:C65[ 3=F6\6J65 H@>2?[ H9@ H6:89D 23@FE `e_ A@F?5D[ H2D =2DE D66? @? 9@>6 D64FC:EJ 42>6C2 7@@E286 ;FDE 367@C6 ` 2]>] @? yF?6 ah =62G:?8 96C 9@>6 @? $F?C:D6 {2?6[ ;FDE D@FE9 @7 |@C82?E@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ :?7@C>2E:@? 7C@> E96 qFC<6 r@F?EJ $96C:77’D ~77:46]k^AmkAm$96 42CC:65 @?=J 96C AFCD6 2?5 46==A9@?6]k^AmkAm{62G:?8 :? 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See when and where Firefighters battle blaze off Armstrong Creek Road in northern McDowell County Marion man charged with murder Wednesday in 2024 death of 3-month-old daughter Multiple departments responding to wildfire in Buck Creek section of McDowell County See events that will close Marion downtown streets this year, including Friday night concerts The story behind new McDowell County ice cream business The Scream Property tax exemptions are available for qualifying property owners in McDowell County McDowell County alumni Dwayne Ledford went from high school football player to NFL coach McDowell High NJROTC raising money for 3 families affected by cancer kAm“%92E’D H92E >256 >6 H@CCJ[” w@=4@>36 D2:5] “$96 5:5?’E E2<6 ?@E9:?8 3FE E92E =:EE=6 AFCD6 2?5 4=@E96D @? 96C 324< 2?5 96C A9@?6 2?5 ?@ 492C86C]”k^AmkAmw@=4@>36 D2:5 D96 E2=<65 E@ (@@52C5 @? yF?6 ag[ 9@FCD 367@C6 (@@52C5 =67E] (@@52C5 925 A24<65 2 328 2?5 =67E H:E9 2 7C:6?5 7@C 2 76H 9@FCD[ 3FE D96 42>6 324< E92E ?:89E 367@C6 w@=4@>36 H6?E E@ 365]k^Am kAm(96? w@=4@>36 H@<6 FA[ (@@52C5 H2D 8@?6] w@=4@>36 4964<65 96C 9@>6 D64FC:EJ 42>6C2 2?5 D2H (@@52C5 =62G:?8 E96 9@FD6 2C@F?5 `aic_ 2]>] yF?6 ah[ 4=:>3:?8 :?E@ 2 H9:E6 ECF4< @C $&']k^Am Woodard stands about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. 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