Long-term vacancies in the North Carolina Forest Service are making ongoing wildfires more difficult to fight.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8:20 p.m. Saturday for parts ... ban Two wildfires over 2,900 acres in Polk County are uncontained ...

In Stein’s state, three fires were burning in Polk County, where people were under mandatory evacuation orders. The area, ...

Two wildfires, each greater than 2,000 acres, more than doubled in ... among warnings of dire conditions. At 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a ...

Wildfires are now covering nearly 5,000-acres in North Carolina’s Polk County ... orders were in place for people living along nearly 20 roads in the county as of March 23, officials said.

March 24 (UPI) --Wildfires have burned thousands of acres in the Carolinas, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders. In North Carolina ... announce Monday a $20 billion investment in ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. – Three wildfires in western North ... Carolina, according to the South Carolina National Guard. The fire, which erupted on Sunday morning, had spread to around 100 acres.

The fight against a trio of fires in Polk County, North Carolina ... South Carolina, which covers the western end of the Carolinas. Relative humidity was about 20% on Sunday, it said, with ...

N.C. Forest Service has issued a statewide burn ban while three substantial, uncontained wildfires prompt mandatory ...

Black Cove, Deep Woods, Fish Hook wildfires 0% contained POLK COUNTY—Three wildfires in the northwestern area of Polk County ...

The properties are crucial for the organization to develop the Wilderness Gateway State Trail, a long-distance, public trail system, the organization said.