According to the North Carolina Forest Service, several other wildfires have popped up in Western North Carolina on Wednesday ...

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for live updates.

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

The North Carolina Forest Service said the Black Cove complex fire is the highest-priority fire in the United States.

As of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 there are currently no wildfire evacuation orders in place for Buncombe County. The ...

High winds, abnormally dry conditions and debris from Hurricane Helene have only increased difficulty for firefighting crews.

Wildfires have been burning in Western North Carolina since March 19 ... as a 2-acre fire in the Dix Creek-Leicester area of Buncombe County on Wednesday afternoon, March 26, has grown during ...

I think the reality is, many folks don’t understand how much work is ahead of us," says WIlliam Carpenter, executive director ...

A sign outside an Asheville business on December 3, 2024. Buncombe County’s unemployment rate in January rose to 6.8% — among ...

He’s a custodian and a bus driver for Buncombe County Schools. When Hurricane Helene veered towards the North Carolina mountains, he became a hero, too. After getting an urgent plea from a local ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Jackson County 911 said officials are ... in the Dix Creek/Leicester area with West Buncombe Fire Department. The North Carolina Forest Service says the fire is 0% contained.

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires ...