Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.

The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban.

Polk County officials lift some evacuation orders Polk County ... The National Weather Service says that for all of Western North Carolina, there is an increased fire danger from noon Saturday, March ...

"Additionally, several other wildfires around western North Carolina continue to produce smoke in the region." Meanwhile, ...

The worst wildfires in the country right now are burning in Western North Carolina and the South ... personnel have been battling the blazes in Polk County, where some residents have faced ...

An evacuation order went into effect Wednesday afternoon for part of Rutherford County in North Carolina due to a “developing ...

Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...

Wildfires that have been burning since March 19 continue to spread through much of Western North Carolina, prompting evacuations in Polk and Henderson ... Transylvania County has a Code Purple ...

High winds, abnormally dry conditions and debris from Hurricane Helene have only increased difficulty for firefighting crews.

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk ...