Wildfire

A red flag warning in effect for some WNC counties causes closures. Evening rain is forecasted to bring some relief to the region which has battled blazes for weeks.

The North Carolina Forest Service tells people to be cautious, as the falling of leaves signals the start of wildfire season.

Wildfires burning in Canada have left states, like North Carolina, with smoky summer skies and fluctuating air quality.

North Carolina Forest Service officials are giving tips to residents to help prevent human-caused wildfires.

The wildfire started June 19 by a lightning strike. It's burning soil underground that's thousands of years old and full of carbon. One expert calls the situation a tragedy.

Two fires have merged into a single blaze more than three times as big as California's largest-ever known fire. A quarter of a million people have been urged to evacuate towns south of Sydney.

A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases.

The historic 2016 wildfires in North Carolina burned almost 100 percent of the known habitat of the noonday globe snail, yet the federally threatened…

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State lawmakers will convene in Raleigh Tuesday to deal with disaster relief, but the agenda is open-ended.Lame duck Republican Governor Pat McCrory…