WE WIL A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for two locations in McDowell County, North Carolina. Officials said at 4:17 a.m. that Ponderosa Park, an RV park and campground off US Highway ...

This weekend marks Georgia Koepke's second camping trip this summer to McDowell, about 18 miles from her Ballantyne-area neighborhood. Her eight siblings and their families are coming, too.