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Officials said the North Carolina Forest Service advised that Highway 89 will be kept closed through most of Thursday.

Highway 89 remains closed due to the fire. It’s unknown at this time when it will be open. NC Forestry has taken over ...

Kimball said the front is expected to die out in the North Carolina mountains ... "Rainfall does not automatically lift a burn ban," Burke County Chief Fire Marshal Robert Bishop said.

According to the wildfires page of the Forest Service's website, the wildfire has burned 30 acres so far, with zero percent ...

Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

The Surry County Farmers Market is back for the 2025 season, bringing fresh, local produce and handmade goods to communities ...

Darlington Raceway is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The superspeedway has drawn attention to Darlington and the Pee Dee ...

When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the cancellation of $11 billion in health care ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

At the April 7 meeting, the Alexander County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing to discuss the county-initiated ...