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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.
After recent flooding, one lawmaker is starting to look at what areas could use better protection against high water.ANNA: ...
Out-of-state coal companies own millions of acres in West Virginia, making it difficult for new industries to develop the land. In McDowell County, ten landholders own over 60 percent of private land.
Signage was recently installed at the new Coalfield Elementary School in McDowell County. According to a statement from the McDowell County Board of Education, the signage was added to the new school ...
About $12 million of federal relief has trickled into McDowell County, but residents are largely relying on each for aid and rebuilding.
Photographer Sydnei Tatum can't shake the images she saw and captured in the aftermath of floods that devastated McDowell County in West Virginia. "I mean, really, it looked like a third world ...
MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — Well water affected by flooding in February is being tested by the McDowell County West Virginia ...
With more 100 partners already in the program, The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective makes it easy for potential new ...
WELCH, W.Va. — McDowell County residents will have an opportunity this weekend to find out what is happening in their county. Reconnecting McDowell and the McDowell County Economic Authority are ...
Ninety lots in Gov. Jim Justice’s name are up for auction next week in McDowell County.. The lots add up to a total tax value of $46,796. They are available to the highest bidder because the ...
MCDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A couple from Welch, West Virginia is confirmed dead following a severe flooding event that hit parts of West Virginia over the weekend, ...
Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with McDowell County, an area ...