Forecasts had warned about the approach of Hurricane Helene. No forecast, however, could have conveyed the scale of ...

The Shining Rock Designated Wilderness Area and a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway remained closed on Friday as wildfires ...

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

The closure includes all National Forest land situated between US-276 and NC-215, north of the Blue Ridge Parkway, specifically from mile markers 405 to 420. The Rattlesnake Branch Fire ...

According to Transylvania County officials, the Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Pisgah National ... and the Persimmon Ridge Fire is about 1,353 acres. The Upstate wildfires prompted mandatory ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – Pennsylvania, with 48 rural counties, has the third largest rural population in the United States, Kyle Kopko, executive director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, said ...

Following a Tribune-Illinois Answers Project report, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office is fixing hundreds ...

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