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Thompson’s Store anchors the downtown as the oldest grocery store in North Carolina. Step inside and the worn wooden floors creak pleasantly beneath your feet as you browse shelves stocked with local ...

North Carolina Emergency Management reported another wildfire in Western North Carolina is prompting evacuations.

Wildfires continue to burn Thursday, March 27, in Western North Carolina, leading to thousands of acres of charred land and ...

Mandatory evacuations are being ordered in Pickens County, South Carolina, as the Table Rock Fire continues to burn.

In South Carolina, an air quality alert is in effect until noon Thursday for the towns and cities of Mountain Rest, Rocky ...

Firefighters in North Carolina gain movement on containing two of the state's largest fires, while South Carolina's largest ...

The Black Cove Fire has burned 3,000 acres, the Deep Woods Fire 3,231 acres and Fish Hook Fire 199 acres. A new blaze, the ...

On Alarka Road in Bryson City, N.C., there is an 85-acre fire at 0% containment, according to the N.C. Forest Service map.

The largest fires in Western North Carolina were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County, not far from the S.C.

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.