In the Carolinas, wildfires have set 11,314 acres ablaze, and two of the biggest fires in North Carolina are responsible for at least half of that. Both South Carolina and North Carolina have ...

Multiple wildfires were actively burning Thursday in North and South Carolina, where a blaze that erupted over the weekend forced evacuations and a state of emergency. The largest of them ...

The governor of South Carolina declared a state of emergency on Sunday. Firefighters were battling 175 wildfires that erupted across South and North Carolina overnight amid windy and dry ...

For the latest news, view our story for Tuesday, March 25. Parts of western North Carolina, still reeling from devastating floods driven by Hurricane Helene in September, are now under siege from ...

Meanwhile, in western North Carolina, crews were trying to contain several wildfires in four forests across the state. The U.S. is still reeling from the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los ...

Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA funny car waves to the fans during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals on September 20, 2009 at Zmax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA funny ...

Former North Pole High School wrestler Preston Smith ... Reach columnist/community editor Kris Capps at kcapps@newsminer.com.

LAURINBURG, N.C.—In this impoverished stretch of North Carolina, the clock is ticking on President Trump’s promise of economic relief. Across the pine forests and cotton fields of Scotland ...

Duke’s latest victim was a North Carolina team that entered Saturday evening’s regular-season finale having won six in a row to surge back into contention for an NCAA tournament bid.

By Amy Graff and Jenny Gross Firefighters on Monday were working to contain more than 170 wildfires in North and South Carolina that have prompted evacuations, officials said. Heavy smoke ...

NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps suffered a horrendous engine explosion and crash – but thankfully emerged uninjured – in Sunday’s first round of eliminations of the NHRA Arizona Nationals at ...

The Carolina Forest Fire, about five miles north of the popular tourist area Myrtle Beach, had grown to more than 2,000 acres and remained at 30% containment on Monday evening, according to the ...