Authorities in North Carolina's Department of Public Safety issued a compulsory evacuation directive at 8.20 pm (local time) Saturday for specific sections of Polk County, situated in the western ...

The wildfire burning Thursday in western North Carolina is now the "highest priority fire in the U.S," the state Forest Service said as millions of residents across the parched region remained ...

WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THEM FOR YOU. ACCORDING TO DUKE ENERGY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN THE WESTERN REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA. EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS OVER 50,000 WITHOUT ...

Rain will finally fall on some ashen landscape in western North Carolina on Sunday and Monday. Over 7,000 acres are burning in Black Cove and Deep Woods fires in Henderson and Polk counties.

Scattered rain showers are forecast for western North Carolina from Sunday, March 31 through Monday. An active air quality alert is in effect for the Asheville area. A burn ban is in place for all ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- From Chapel Hill to western North Carolina, UNC law students are out of the classroom and on the ground helping families that need support. The help came in the form of ...

"The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has canceled the Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Henderson, Transylvania, and Polk counties," states the NWS.

WE HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO THE HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM OCONEE COUNTY WESTBOUND INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. TOMORROW WE’LL GET A NEW ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A congressional town hall was tense and at times hostile on Thursday night. Defying guidance from Republican leaders, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards (NC-11) met with ...