The largest wilderness area in North Carolina has reopened after heavy rainfall helped contain and control a wildfire, ...

Crews in Western North Carolina continue to work on a wildfire that began Wednesday in Haywood County. Here are the latest ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire is on private land and the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on Pisgah National Forest around the community of Cruso, approximately 11 miles southeast of Waynesville, North ...

The Alarka Five Fire has now burned 1,515 acres and remains at 37% containment, according to Swain County Emergency ...

The county-wide burning ban remains in effect. The Rattlesnake Branch Fire continues to burn on private land near the Cruso ...

A coalition of Western North Carolina conservation organizations sued the U.S. Forest Service as the Trump administration has ...

CRUSO, N.C. (WNCT) –The Rattlesnake Branch fire that started on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025, is quickly spreading due to dry ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Haywood County is on private land and the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on Pisgah National Forest around the community of Cruso, about 11 miles southeast of ...

A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into North Carolina, where firefighters were already battling multiple blazes, ...

The county also faces threats from the Rattlesnake Branch fire at Pisgah National Forest and the Persimmon Ridge fire from South Carolina. The county's evacuation boundary has not changed since it ...