The U.S. Forest Service fired thousands of workers in the past week, including firefighters, biologists, and disaster recovery experts. Many were directly involved in western North Carolina recovery ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

With recent freezing rain in WNC bringing down powerlines, Broad River Fire and Rescue in Black Mountain posted a shocking ...

World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort's ...

Roland Bragg, the namesake for Fort Liberty changing back to Fort Bragg, NC, was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine ...

There is a wildfire near Old Fort. McDowell County residents ... County could see the smokey air quality toward western North Carolina on Wednesday. Across the Carolinas, there is an elevated ...

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service officials said.

Wildfire forces N. Carolina evacuations Officials ordered ... The fire is threatening the town of Old Fort, about 25 miles from Asheville. High winds and dry conditions are pushing the fire ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown ... along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, but ended Jan. 30.

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Firefighters made progress on the wildfire in western North Carolina that prompted evacuations. The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained.