Low humidity and high winds caused more than 100 fires to break out in South Carolina on Saturday. One out of control fire ...

The NCDOT said GeoStabilization International will close the highway from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday nights ...

Visitors to national parks and forests from North Carolina’s mountains to its coast could notice a drop in services because of wholesale federal job cuts by the Trump administration, experts say. Here ...

"The combination of dry fuels and gusty winds will lead to an increased danger of wildfires across western North Carolina.” ...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — On Tuesday, Feb. 25, McDowell County firefighter Steve Lytle will be laid to rest. A funeral ...

Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The community is mourning and remembering longtime mountain firefighter, Steve Lytle. A ...

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County ...

A long time firefighter in Western North Carolina has passed away. Officials say Crooked Creek Fire Chief Steve Lytle died in ...