Wildfires burned across WNC, fueled by dry weather and downed debris from Tropical Storm Helene. How did the fires impact ...

A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...

Crews will continue mop-up operations across the Black Cove Complex on Thursday, April 3. Firefighters will focus on ...

Photo by John Payne WILSON’S MILLS – Johnston County firefighters were able to stop a fast moving woods fire Wednesday afternoon after they spotted the fire deep in the woods on Bear ...

Burning permits became available and the ban from burning covering all 100 North Carolina counties was lifted Wednesday, the same day three teens were arrested in South Carolina related to the Table ...

Rain over the weekend helped fire crews in the region, and they hope more rain and thunderstorms will suppress wildfires ...

At noon, the N.C. Forest Service estimated that the Black Cove fire was 36% contained, and the Deep Woods fire was 32% contained. By the county's 5 p.m. update (listed below), the Black Cove fire had ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...

A massive wildfire burning in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into North Carolina.

The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban.

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

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