Crews will continue mop-up operations across the Black Cove Complex on Thursday, April 3. Firefighters will focus on ...

Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.

From this vantage point, Bill Wilson watches as Chinook helicopters, spotter planes and air tankers launch an aerial fight ...

A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...

There may be many more birds nesting in your neighborhood than you realize! Michael Charnofsky introduces a multitude of our ...

Firefighters continue to make steady progress on the Black Cove Complex fires as cold and wet conditions moved back into the area Wednesday. Precipitation has played a key role in helping firefighters ...

Wildfires burned across WNC, fueled by dry weather and downed debris from Tropical Storm Helene. How did the fires impact ...

From this vantage point, Bill Wilson watches as Chinook helicopters, spotter planes and air tankers launch an aerial fight against the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires in Polk County. Looking out ...

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home.