John Ellison, writer of the hit song Some Kind of Wonderful, returns home to Welch, West Virginia on Friday, May 8, 2026 for ...

Multiple fire departments responded to a fire overnight in Welch, WV, as confirmed by McDowell County Dispatch. The structure ...

According to McDowell County dispatch, crews were dispatched just after 2:00 am to the fire on Court Street at an unoccupied warehouse. Fire crews from the city of Welch Fire Department, Kimball ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, WV (WVNS) – It has officially been one year since McDowell County suffered historic and severe flooding on February 15, 2025. The floods came fast that evening and unfortunately ...

WELCH, W.Va. — Firefighters in the McDowell County town of Welch are battling a blaze which broke out in the early morning ...

The McDowell County Commission voted Monday to appoint Chief Deputy Assessor Glenda Day to replace Sherry Burton.

welch – Helping southern West Virginia’s flood victims get their lives back on track and finding ways to keep last February’s flooding from happening again were goals Monday when U.S. Senator Shelley ...

Nearly three weeks after floodwaters engulfed southern West Virginia, Welch, in McDowell County, remains caked in mud. Towns across the coalfields are still digging out, one wheelbarrow of debris at a ...

WELCH, W.Va. — A veteran first responder in McDowell County said the level of water and the level of damage from the February 15th flood surpassed anything he’d ever seen in his hometown. Bobby Bowman ...

welch – Construction on McDowell County’s first four-lane highway has reached the halfway point. Work on the Coalfields Expressway near Welch is 50 percent complete, according to Rusty Marks with the ...