In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

Hurricane Helene was responsible for the most inland flooding deaths in the United States in 52 years. In North Carolina, ...

Dramatic video showed a building explode in western North Carolina on Tuesday.The explosion happened near Connelly Springs ...

Buncombe CountyWhat is CodeRED? Along with emergency and critical messages, the CodeRED notification system will also enhance ...

An hour after the U.S. Forest Service's news release, McDowell County Emergency Management issued a statement on social media that the fire had grown to 75 acres with 0% containment between Wild Acres ...

The 2025 Summer Learning Program with Polk County Public Libraries starts June 9 at Columbus Library or Saluda Library. It is ...

Wildfires pose a growing threat across the U.S., requiring utilities nationwide — not just on the West Coast — to adopt ...

As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County, is 100% contained. The fire was caused by a fallen ...

In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a ...