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McDowell Commissioners, School Board hold joint session

McDowell News 21 Apr 2021

Last Friday morning, the McDowell County Board of Commissioners met with the county Board of Education to talk about how local schools responded to the COVID-19 situation and the budget for next fiscal year ... “Each member is there to promote and support the students, and teachers of McDowell County.

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Hiker found dead after fall in Linville Gorge

Watauga Democrat 21 Apr 2021

Burke County EMS, Burke County Emergency Management and US Forest Service Law Enforcement also responded and established command at the Babel Tower trailhead ... Additional emergency departments that assisted on the call included units from Burke, Avery and McDowell counties, as well as the NCHART Team and NC Emergency Management.

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McDowell Commissioners, School Board hols joint session

McDowell News 20 Apr 2021

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Update: 11 more McDowell residents test positive for COVID-19

McDowell News 20 Apr 2021

On Tuesday, the McDowell County Health Department reported 11 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ... McDowell County’s 14-day positivity rate is 11.9%, according to a news release ... McDowell County vaccine doses administered. ... • McDowell County Health Department; Monday, April 26 from 8.30-10 a.m.

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WANTED: Nickolas Hall, 28, on break-in and theft charges

McDowell News 20 Apr 2021

McDowell County sheriff’s deputies are on the hunt for a fugitive ... Hall also has multiple outstanding warrants for traffic violations out of McDowell and Burke counties.

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Fire weather, freeze watches issued for Burke County

The Morganton News Herald 20 Apr 2021

Along with Burke, the fire weather watch covers the neighboring counties of Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell and Rutherford ... Like the fire weather watch, the freeze watch covers Burke and bordering Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell and Rutherford counties.

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Two familiar faces rise through the ranks at Burke County EMS

The Morganton News Herald 20 Apr 2021

Two familiar faces at Burke County EMS are now leading the agency. Nicole Hudson started in her new position as major of Burke County EMS on Saturday ... Hudson, who moved to Burke County from McDowell County when she was 15 years old, received her initial paramedic training at Catawba Valley Community College.

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Report: Marion drug trafficking suspect apprehended after days on the run

McDowell News 20 Apr 2021

Deputy Robert Watson of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Jeremy Wayne Parker, 42, address listed as Choctaw Drive in Marion, with two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine and one count each of possession of marijuana paraphernalia, possession of drug ...

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Main Street in Brief

Watauga Democrat 20 Apr 2021

These projects will support workforce preparedness, job creation and economic investment, public infrastructure, and agriculture outcomes in Alexander, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga and Wilkes counties ... Watauga County ... Ashe County ... Wilkes County ... Caldwell County.

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Update: 15 more McDowell residents test positive for COVID-19

McDowell News 19 Apr 2021

On Monday, the McDowell County Health Department reported 15 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ... McDowell County’s 14-day positivity rate is 11.1%, according to a news release ... McDowell County vaccine doses administered. ... • McDowell County Health Department; Monday, April 26, from 8.30-10 a.m.

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Mocksville man killed in motorcycle crash on Old Fort Mountain

McDowell News 19 Apr 2021

From Staff Reports ... At 12.11 p.m ... Highway Patrol ... {{featured_button_text}}. McDowell EMS, Old Fort Fire Department, McDowell Rescue and the N.C ... “He ran off the road on his own,” said Settlemyre to The McDowell News ... This is the first traffic fatality in McDowell County for 2021. .

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Mocksville man killed in motorcycle crash I-40 in western NC

Winston-Salem Journal 19 Apr 2021

A Mocksville man was killed Saturday in a motorcycle crash on Old Fort Mountain in McDowell County. At 12.11 p.m ... {{featured_button_text}} ... “He ran off the road on his own,” Settlemyre told The McDowell News ... .

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Man falls to his death in Linville Gorge

Hickory Record 19 Apr 2021

Rescue crews were called to the area of Babel Tower around 12.32 p.m., according to a post on Burke County Search and Rescue's Facebook page ... County EMS Capt ... Emergency Management and resources from Avery and McDowell counties also responded to the scene.

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WVa school construction projects get funding in 7 counties

Herald-Standard 19 Apr 2021

(AP) — School systems in seven West Virginia counties will receive $75 million for construction and renovation ... Mineral, Ohio, Roane and Summers counties ... The authority did not fund proposed projects involving eight public schools in Cabell, Kanawha, McDowell and Wayne counties.

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Emergency personnel rescue man from well east of Marion. Separate incident: Fatal motorcycle crash

The Morganton News Herald 18 Apr 2021

MCDOWELL COUNTY -- Local rescue workers, paramedics and firefighters all worked together Saturday evening to extract a man who fell into a well east of Marion ... Personnel from Marion and Nebo fire departments, McDowell EMS, McDowell Rescue Squad all responded to the call.