Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Friday night’s drawing is an estimated $549.7 million.

Start 2025 with a hike with the McDowell Trails Association. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 1 p.m., hikers are invited to walk 5 miles on the Point Lookout Trailhead, at the end of Old Highway 70, about 3 ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country. It ...

In 2024, McDowell County lost some residents who stood out for their community devotion, commitment to service and desire to ...

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable ...

A law averted a government shutdown last week but did not include President-elect Donald Trump’s demand to raise or suspend ...

Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the ...

NEW YORK — NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday.

Port of Seattle police officers were dispatched to gate B1 at the airport around 1:05 p.m. for “a report of a suspicious ...

Heavy rain is expected over the weekend for McDowell County as the county continues to recover from Hurricane Helene.

Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or Type A H5N1. Even before the ...

The host McDowell girls basketball team set up a return trip to the McDowell Christmas Invitational championship game on ...