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

The fire now poses a threat of crossing state lines, prompting Transylvania County in North Carolina to declare ... Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg ...

An aerial view shows heavy smoke from a wildfire burning in Jackson County ... North Carolina can expect to smell — or even feel – smoke in the air starting Friday, March 28. Forecast maps ...

Private-equity firms are buying up apartment complexes in Raleigh, Cary and Wake County. This interactive map shows you who ...

Brood XIV, the second largest brood of periodical cicadas in the U.S., will emerge starting later this month. Here's where ...

AND A STATEWIDE BURN BAN IN NORTH CAROLINA ... Swain County EM, Alarka Fire Department, West Swain Fire Department, Bryson City Fire Department, Qualla Fire Department, Jackson County EM and ...

In North Carolina, the Black Cove, Deep Woods and Fish Hook fires are now being tracked under the consolidated umbrella of the Black Cove complex. The fires, which started in Polk County ...

A woman has pled guilty to defrauding the North Carolina Medicaid program of more than $6 million in taxpayer dollars.

In North Carolina, there are eight active wildfires in Caldwell, Buncombe, Polk, Jackson, Haywood and Swain counties, according to an interactive map by ... both in Polk County and Henderson ...

NC Forest Service has released all local fire departments but they remain on scene controlling the fire. Currently no structures are endangered. A fire has been burning in Sylva. Jackson County ...

Former U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel, a Democrat from Wake County, plans to challenge U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, in the 2026 midterms in a race Nickel hopes will be a referendum on Tillis' support for ...