The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a critical component for microchips and solar panels. An Airbnb owner from ...

County briefings go live every Wednesday at 11 a.m. The Feb. 12 briefing covered the effects of stormy weather in the region ...

Sending a slew of social media posts, a reader asks what Amish and Mennonite groups were doing in the area after Tropical ...

Previously, Young was the finance director for town of Spruce Pine since ... before becoming the finance director in Spruce Pine. Young obtained a master’s degree in accounting from the University of ...

Firefighters responded to a massive motel fire in Jackson County, North Carolina, on Tuesday night.The EBCI Cherokee Fire and Rescue with assistance from numerous agencies responded to the ...

A wildfire that McDowell County Emergency Management called "out of control" erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday ... As of Wednesday evening, the blaze, dubbed the ...

Multiple fire departments in western North Carolina responded to a brush fire on Saturday afternoon.At 4 p.m., the Yancey County Sheriff's Office said the brush fire was near Crabtree Road in ...

THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL RELEASING ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FIRE FATALITIES 2024. NUMBERS ARE BAD, AND WE’VE ALREADY HAD 15 ALREADY THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 122 ...

Landowners can also work with volunteer organizations called prescribed burn associations to manage their land with fire. North Carolina’s first burn association formed in the Sandhills region ...

Evacuations are in place for people living along several roads in Old Fort, North Carolina ... rapid fire spread. Old Fort was devastated by Hurricane Helene in September. The town is still ...