Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Orangeburg area Friday afternoon, downing trees and knocking out power to hundreds.

In 1873, a group of about 50 African Americans facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan in their hometown of Cross Anchor in Spartanburg County, left in the middle of the night for the western North ...

Brood XIV: See the 2025 cicada map. Based on past behaviors, the group is likely making its appearance in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio ...

Western North Carolina wildfires Three large wildfires are currently burning in WNC: Bee Rock Creek Fire, McDowell County , Pisgah National Forest - 2,085 acres with 94% containment.

Two of the fires, burning in McDowell and Swain counties, are at 94% and 100% containment, respectively. The third wildfire in Nantahala National Forest remains at 29% containment, but has reportedly ...

Two of the fires, burning in McDowell and Swain counties, are at 94% and 100% containment, respectively. The third wildfire in Nantahala National Forest remains at 29% containment, but has reportedly ...

Wildfire season is not over for Western North Carolina. After fires burned for weeks in March, new fires have broken out in April.. The largest of these, the Haoe Fire, was burning 500 acres in ...

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South Carolina Upstate. The largest fires in WNC were in the the Black Cove Complex in Polk and Henderson counties ...

Map shows the growth of the Black Cove, Deep Woods and Fish Hook fires in Polk County. (Map/North Carolina Forest Service) Transylvania County – Evacuations ...