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

City Council received 18 applicants for police chief during the abbreviated application process. The council is seeking to fill the police chief position left vacant when embattled former Chief Todd ...

"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 ...