BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home.

Firefighters continue to make steady progress on the Black Cove Complex fires as cold and wet conditions moved back into the area Wednesday. Precipitation has played a key role in helping firefighters ...

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

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

In conjunction with the North Carolina Forest Service, the Polk County Fire Marshal’s Office lifted the county-wide burn ban ...

Evacuations: Evacuation levels are constantly being assessed based on fire activity. For updated or current evacuation notices for Polk County, please refer to Polk County’s website. For updated or ...

The North Carolina Forest Service on Wednesday lifted a burn ban for all counties as wildfire conditions improve in the western portion of the state.

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

All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in Henderson and Polk counties in North Carolina as firefighters continue to ...

The National Weather Service forecast mild rain showers throughout March 31. Regional firefighters expect the rain to ...

The smallest of the three fires making up the Black Cove Complex reached 100% containment more than a week after a downed ...

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