The North Carolina Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning in the state. This will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. This comes after a statewide ban that went into effect on ...

Burn bans were also in place in western North Carolina. Some residents in Polk County were evacuated from their homes as fire crews set their own blazes to burn possible wildfire fuel to make it ...

Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained.On Monday, March ...

Polk County is on the fringes of an area badly hit by Helene last ... Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency on Sunday to support the wildfire response effort, and a statewide burning ban ...