News 13 confirmed that North Carolina Forest Service crews are using aggressive tactics to extinguish what officials call the Melrose fire. Helicopter crews launched sustained aerial water attacks ...

The North Carolina Forestry Service and Polk County Emergency Management reports the Melrose Fire is up to 593 acres in size with 63% contained. The fire is now larger than the 431-acre wildfire ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Melrose Fire in Polk County is estimated to be between 400-500 acres with 0% containment as of Sunday morning, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

The trip began with William D. Coleman, a boy who had grown up on a plantation. The landscape looks like many places in the United States. Yellow school buses wend their way through streets with ...