North Carolina has been fiercely contested in the last five presidential elections. For Democrats, it’s been one of the few ...

The states are dry or under drought, and a burn ban is in place because of conditions that can cause wildfires to spread.

Two wildfires over 2,900 acres in Polk County are uncontained while another at 152 acres is 50 percent contained.

Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned more ...

Forecasters posted an elevated fire-weather risk for an area from northern Georgia, through western portions of the Carolinas ...

It is the second time in less than a month​ that residents in one North Carolina county have faced evacuations due to ...

In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Saturday as part of an effort to stop a blaze.

Firefighters are working to contain three fires in Polk County, North Carolina. A statewide burn ban was issued for North ...

Our 252 area code consists of these counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, ...