Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.

Officials from the North Myrtle Beach Fire Department responded to the incidents on March 3. He was arrested and charged with burning trash during an emergency ban, according to WPDE, and was later ...

Devastating flooding in the Carolinas caused by Hurricane Helene late last September has long since receded, but a general ...

Recent rainfall has improved dry conditions in North Carolina, leading to the lifting of burn bans. A statewide burn ban was issued in March due to multiple wildfires, impacting 34 counties. Residents ...

It’s been more than a decade since the body of Marie Walkingstick Pheasant was found badly burned inside a charred vehicle ...

RALEIGH – The N.C. Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning effective 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. The statewide ban went into effect on March 21 due to hazardous forest fire conditions.

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

Four North Myrtle Beach firefighters who recently returned home after helping fight the Table Rock fire in South Carolina’s ...

A man and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) was sentenced to life in prison for the 2013 murder of his ...

An investigation is underway concerning a fire department in the Triad. A spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of ...

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

“That’s unusual,” state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said of the homes that burned. He cited the need for more state funds to replace old firefighting equipment and hire more firefighters.