The study considered safety, affordability, economic strength, education and health care, and quality of life.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more evacuations, according to officials. In the Carolinas, wildfires have set 14,068.9 acres ablaze, according to the South Carolina ...

By Kelly Doty Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The N.C. Forest Service provided the following update Tuesday on the Black Cove Complex fire in Polk County: ...