Two wildfires over 2,900 acres in Polk County are uncontained while another at 152 acres is 50 percent contained.

Wildfires have returned to the Carolinas, prompting another state of emergency, according to officials.

There also was a fire in Burke County, just east of WNC. And the Persimmon Ridge and Table Rock fires have consumed 1,200 ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8:20 p.m. Saturday for parts of Polk County in western North Carolina about 80 miles (128.7 kilometers) west ...

Several wildfires are burning in North Carolina as the state is under a burn ban by the Forest Service. Check out the ...

The Polk County Emergency Management (PCEM) said that they are currently working on retrieving more resources for the Forest Service to continue combatting the wildfires. PCEM is in contact with State ...

N.C. data show labor and delivery and other women’s services reduced or eliminated at rural hospitals, with negative health ...

Polk County officials are urging some residents who live near uncontrolled fires to "leave now" as two of the fires surge ...

"Virginia’s eccentricity shines through in its most unique communities," said World Atlas, and "these nine towns each have a ...

Bushwhacker Jack reportedly survived the war, and numerous skirmishes, ambushes and family vendetta sourced shootouts that ...