North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has extended the State of Emergency for western North Carolina in response to the lasting ...

Governor Josh Stein announced Saturday that the state of emergency is extended for the next 30 days for 34 counties in NC.

As many communities continue to see dry conditions and the recurrence of wildfire activity, the State Emergency Response Team ...

Petition highlights concern over staffing pressures amid rising public safety demands POLK COUNTY—A petition circulating in ...

North Carolina communities battle wildfires fueled by Hurricane Helene debris while evacuations, firefighting efforts, and ...

At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Army National Guard is providing two UH-60 ...

TheTennessee National Guard has been called in to help with a wildfire in Polk County.At the request of the Tennessee ...

As the N.C. Forest Service struggles to keep personnel, the Deep Woods Fire torched 3,969 acres through Polk and Henderson ...

Headwaters State Forest is located in southern Transylvania County, about 10 miles south of Brevard, close to the towns of Cedar Mountain and Rosman. Part of the forest borders South Carolina.

No official timeline available for reopening section of road between Tryon, Saluda TRYON—Residents in Polk County are voicing ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness and Headwaters State Forest have reopened after heavy rains helped contain recent wildfires, ...

the N.C. Forest Service's Polk County Ranger. “Helene is going to affect wildfires in Western North Carolina for the rest of my career,” Dossett said. “I think for the next 10, 15, maybe 20 years, we ...