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

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires ...

All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in Henderson and Polk counties in North Carolina as firefighters continue to ...

In parts of Polk County, it was hard to tell that just a few miles north of Columbus, some of nearly 500 firefighters from ...

several other wildfires around western North Carolina continue to produce smoke in the region." Meanwhile, Henderson, Polk and Swain counties will be under Code Red, while Rutherford County will ...

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

The North Carolina Forest Service said the Black Cove complex fire is the highest-priority fire in the United States.

In a visit to Polk County March 27, Gov. Josh Stein said his office will be “going back” to the North Carolina General Assembly to seek funding for fire fighting and prevention in Western ...

Several WNC counties are under severe air quality alerts for Thursday, March 27, with one being issued a Code Purple.

Polk County officials lift some evacuation orders ... The National Weather Service says that for all of Western North Carolina, there is an increased fire danger from noon Saturday, March 29 ...