North Carolina faces increasing risks of wildfires, wind damage and flooding. The legislature needs to shape an equally ...

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

Six months after Hurricane Helene changed her life, Suzanne Garland spends a lot of her time surveying the land, remembering what once was and looking ahead to what will ...

Officials are collecting donations for first responders who are battling the Table Rock Complex Fire in Greenville and ...

Nearly six months after Helene slammed into the mountains, causing historic flooding, mudslides and loss of basic resources, ...

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY HOMETOWN) — Though it’s something many carry in their hearts and minds, churches are a ...

As a result of Hurricane Helene’s path through the southern Appalachian Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and ...

Blue Ridge Parkway leaders are slated to provide an update on storm recovery efforts following the significant damage caused ...

Wildfires have burned thousands of acres in North and South Carolina, prompting evacuation orders in some communities as dry and windy conditions have helped the fires spread. In Polk County, N.C., ...

Wildfires are unusual in the Carolinas, but not unheard of. The Great Fire of 1898 burned some 4,700 square miles (12,175 square kilometers) in the two states, an area roughly the size of Connecticut, ...