Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

"As this wildfire continues to spread, the State of Emergency allows us to mobilize resources ... according to the North Carolina Forest Service wildfire map. Due to weather conditions, both ...

TODAY IS ALSO SIX MONTHS SINCE HURRICANE HELENE CAUSED MORE THAN 822,000 ACRES OF SEVERELY DAMAGED WOODS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HELENE, DAMAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR US FOR NEARLY 20 ...

At its annual attainment event in February, myFutureNC released new data on North Carolina’s progress toward its educational attainment ...

Hundreds of firefights from across the U.S. are battling the worst wildfires in the country taking place in Western North Carolina and South Carolina's Upstate. As of Sunday morning, there were four ...

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South ... editor for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at trunkle@gannett.com.

Weather: Severe storms brew across the US; wildfires still torching ... according to the North Carolina Forest Service wildfire map. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service warned that the ...

The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville, that forced evacuations in Polk and Henderson counties along with states of emergency.