Murphy – A local man is enduring a long recovery after he was the victim of a hit-and-run incident near the U.S. 64 West bridge over the Hiwassee River on Feb. 10. The ...

Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D., introduced the Down East Remembrance Act, alongside Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, to ...

The N.C. Forest Service has an interactive map showing wildfires across the state, with the size of the area involved and how ...

The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville, that forced evacuations in Polk and Henderson counties along with states of emergency.

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.