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

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

The City of Asheville has a new website — ashevillerecovers.org — a source of information and news about all things recovery.

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

In the Glenwood Creston neighborhood of Raleigh, a stormwater drain that has repeatedly overflowed with water has created several hazardous sinkholes for several years.