— A McDowell County native lost in the Korean War has finally been identified. The DPAA annoucned Army Cpl. Paul Mitchem, 20, of Avondale, West Virginia was accounted for on February 11, 2021.

The Stevens Correctional Center in McDowell County is now under the control of the West Virginia Division of Corrections. Legislation introduced earlier this year in the West Virginia Legislature ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — After severe weather and fatal flooding swept through West Virginia in February, all school districts in the state will open on Monday, officials said. McDowell County ...

This weekend, iconic soul singer Garnet Mimms will become the 37th inductee into the prestigious hall. Born in the Ashland area of McDowell County, Mimms would go on to top the R&B charts with the ...

Four months after McDowell County, West Virginia, was hit with catastrophic flooding, one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still working to recover.

WELCH, WV (WVNS) – As McDowell County residents continue to clean up after February flooding, bridges are still one of the biggest issues. There are a lot of bridges around the county that many ...

CINCINNATI, Oh. — Federal charges have been filed against more than a dozen people in seven states, including a West Virginia man, for the alleged distribution of opioids. Frederick De Mesa, 48 ...

West Virginia’s governor on Tuesday outlined the scope of the state’s efforts to help bail out flood-ravaged McDowell County and other hard-hit spots from February flooding.

See the latest charts and maps of virus hospitalizations, cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in McDowell County, West Virginia.

See the latest charts and maps of coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations in McDowell County, West Virginia.

From War On Poverty film crews in the 1960s to, most recently, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., McDowell County has had its fair share of media attention.

The southern West Virginia coalfield county has shown no overall improvement in the six years since the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin researchers began ranking the ...