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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 [email protected].

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.

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.