Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for live updates.

The North Carolina Forest Service said the Black Cove complex fire is the highest-priority fire in the United States.

The Alarka Fire is advancing toward Frye Mountain, Shepard’s Creek and ... the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires. From the release: There are 500 personnel from North Carolina and other states ...

The Alarka Fire is advancing toward Frye Mountain, Shepard’s Creek and Conley’s Creek ... The complex combines the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires. From the release: There are 500 personnel from North ...

A dolphin found dead along a coastal North Carolina creek was killed after a discarded plastic bag got lodged in its stomach, ...

What started as a 2-acre fire in the Dix Creek-Leicester ... like” Deep Woods Fire. Amid the evacuation, Tropical Storm Helene, which had left debris across Western North Carolina that is ...

Mop-up along Alarka Road and around structures along the Long Creek and Unahala ... the Black Cove Fire, Deep Woods Fire and ...

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

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

Firefighters focused on protecting homes in the Crawford Creek area and identified ... according to the North Carolina Fire Weather Intelligence Portal, and the Deep Woods fire is 32% contained.

High winds, abnormally dry conditions and debris from Hurricane Helene have only increased difficulty for firefighting crews.

High winds, abnormally dry conditions and debris from Hurricane Helene have only increased difficulty for firefighting crews.