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

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

The afternoon of March 28, forest service spokesperson Bo Dossett said that fire activity near Scout Camp Road was picking up ...

Due to Hurricane Helene, the environmental landscape has been radically changed, Dossett said. He said the storm caused major canopy destruction and breakage of large, mature trees, which provided ...

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

The afternoon of March 28, forest service spokesperson Bo Dossett said that fire activity near Scout Camp Road was picking up and crews had requested aircraft to the area. “They’re going to ...

In parts of Polk County, it was hard to tell that just a few miles north of Columbus, some of nearly 500 firefighters from North Carolina and other states were battling wildfires that spread to nearby ...