Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 acres as of the morning of April 16. It forced some evacuations.

A report released May 7 by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project lays out past and continuing damage to the local ...

Wildfire season is not over for Western North Carolina ... Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides detailed information on each fire.