Firefighters from the USDA Forest Service, the North Carolina Forest Service and nearby counties continue to make progress to contain the Rattlesnake Branch Fire.

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

This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

As of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 there are currently no wildfire evacuation orders in place for Buncombe County. The ...

According to the North Carolina Forest Service, several other wildfires have popped up in Western North Carolina on Wednesday.

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Friday for live updates.

From non-profits to hired contractors—the stories of survival in western North Carolina are a large part of what motivates ...

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

I think the reality is, many folks don’t understand how much work is ahead of us," says WIlliam Carpenter, executive director ...

When Hurricane Helene veered towards the North Carolina mountains, Bruce Sullivan, a bus driver for Buncombe County Schools, ...

The county’s January unemployment rate was up slightly from December’s 6% and more than double the rate of 3% a year earlier.