WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Fire crews responded to a truck fire on Friday morning on a road near Battleship North Carolina, according to New Hanover County emergency officials. The fire was reported at ...

Five family members, which include a woman and her children, were able to get out. The person killed in the fire has been ...

One person is dead because of a house fire in Holly Springs. The fire broke out at a home in the Easton Acres neighborhood.

Orton will begin its annual prescribed burning between March 1 and May 1, 2025 on more than 6,000 acres to improve forest ...

The U.S. Forest Service fired thousands of workers in the past week, including firefighters, biologists, and disaster recovery experts. Many were directly involved in western North Carolina recovery ...

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. (WECT) - Orton has announced it will begin its annual controlled burning from March 1 to May 1.

Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...