Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.

A Saluda inn houses Helene survivors, mere miles from where firefighters battle blazes. Some say Helene could impact WNC ...

North Carolina Forest Service officials say downed trees will soon dry out, making fires worse and more difficult to fight.

Due to Hurricane Helene, the environmental landscape has been radically changed, Dossett said. He said the storm caused major ...

Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where ...

"As far as these fires go, this is very good," said Terry Lebo, incident meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

In parts of Polk County, it was hard to tell that just a few miles north of Columbus, some of nearly 500 firefighters from ...