The USDA Forest Service issued a closure order for portions of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in the Cheoah Ranger ...

Multiple wildfires persist in Western North Carolina. This story will be updated throughout the day on Friday, April 18, as ...

and typical fire weather for the area. Fire hazard severity zone maps evaluate “hazard,” not “risk”. They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a ...