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 ...

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 ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

With recent freezing rain in WNC bringing down powerlines, Broad River Fire and Rescue in Black Mountain posted a shocking ...

World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort's ...

Roland Bragg, the namesake for Fort Liberty changing back to Fort Bragg, NC, was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine ...

There is a wildfire near Old Fort. McDowell County residents ... County could see the smokey air quality toward western North Carolina on Wednesday. Across the Carolinas, there is an elevated ...

IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, ONLY ONE FIRE REMAINS AFTER MULTIPLE WILDFIRES ... An emergency shelter will remain open at 203 East Main Street in Old Fort. Update at 8:15 p.m.: North Fork Fire ...

Wildfire forces N. Carolina evacuations Officials ordered ... The fire is threatening the town of Old Fort, about 25 miles from Asheville. High winds and dry conditions are pushing the fire ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown ... along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, but ended Jan. 30.

OLD FORT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Firefighters made progress on the wildfire in western North Carolina that prompted evacuations. The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained.