Buncombe County Fire Marshal has issued an open burn ban effective immediately due to extreme fire danger conditions, including low humidity and strong winds. The ban applies to all open burning of ...

Under North Carolina law, the ban applies to all 100 counties, prohibiting all open burning regardless of whether a permit was previously issued. Anyone violating the burn ban faces a $100 fine plus ...

The North Carolina Forest Service has issued a burn ban for the entire state of North Carolina, effective 8 a.m. Friday, ...

Crews were called to Midbrook Run in Midway, where the Midway Fire Department, along with multiple other fire departments and the Davidson County Fire Marshal’s Office, worked t ...

An open burning ban has been issued in Polk County, according to the Polk County Fire Marshal's Office. Effective Sunday at 3 p.m., officials said the ban is in accordance with the North Carolina Fire ...

LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WITN ... a few hours to keep an eye on hot spots before leaving around noon. The NC Fire Marshal’s office and SBI investigated the fire and they are listing the cause ...

Multiple agencies, including the Lexington Police Department, Davidson County EMS, West Lexington Fire Department, Lexington Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Red Cross, assisted in the response.

The governor’s office said more than 175 wildfires were burning across 4,200 acres across the state, citing information from the state fire marshal. In western North Carolina, near the towns of ...

Their anxiety has only flared in the weeks since then, as high winds buffeted the mountains and fanned wildfires in western North Carolina and beyond ... either slightly prematurely — Buncombe County ...

A sex offender was removed off the streets by the Duplin County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division (CID) ...

A man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to multiple sexual offenses spanning several decades today.

Due to an increased fire risk, the North Carolina Forest Service is issuing a burn ban for all North Carolinian counties ...