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

What started as a 2-acre fire in the Dix Creek-Leicester ... like” Deep Woods Fire. Amid the evacuation, Tropical Storm Helene, which had left debris across Western North Carolina that is ...

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

The Alarka Fire is advancing toward Frye Mountain, Shepard’s Creek and ... the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires. From the release: There are 500 personnel from North Carolina and other states ...

The Alarka Fire is advancing toward Frye Mountain, Shepard’s Creek and Conley’s Creek ... The complex combines the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires. From the release: There are 500 personnel from North ...

Like many Western North Carolina hamlets, Micaville was born from industry and became a destination for tourists and others drawn by the beauty of the mountains.

A dolphin found dead along a coastal North Carolina creek was killed after a discarded plastic bag got lodged in its stomach, ...

Mop-up along Alarka Road and around structures along the Long Creek and Unahala ... the Black Cove Fire, Deep Woods Fire and ...

The Alarka Five Fire has now burned 1,515 acres and remains at 37% containment, according to Swain County Emergency ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized federal funds to help reimburse costs to North Carolina to fight the ...

"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 ...

Firefighters focused on protecting homes in the Crawford Creek area and identified ... according to the North Carolina Fire Weather Intelligence Portal, and the Deep Woods fire is 32% contained.