Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

BAT CAVE, N.C. — Since Hurricane Helene hit, a western North Carolina man continues to provide free repair work in Bat Cave, an area heavily hit by the storm. Jacob Jarvis has been working to rebuild ...

A second wildfire started shortly after the first one north of Marion, North Carolina. According to McDowell County Emergency ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A previously highlighted WNC Hero, Jake Jarvis, who has been pivotal in Helene recovery, was recently scammed out of nearly $80,000. After Helene ravaged Jarvis ...

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as ... As of 4:29 p.m., the North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer set the fire at 150 acres in ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — An "out of control" wildfire burning near Old Fort is forcing evacuations, according to the McDowell County Emergency Management Administration. The 80-acre fire has 0% containment, ...

and in the Bat Cave Road area of Crooked Creek. The agency, crediting the North Carolina Forest Service, said the Crooked Creek fire containment was at 55% with 220 acres burned. A downed power ...

Evacuations were ordered after a wildfire ignited in McDowell County, western North Carolina, on Wednesday,9.The blaze, ...