The U.S Department of Transportation has "cleared a number of legal barriers" allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation ...

Here are the latest updates.Previously, this story covered the wildfires in Jackson and Buncombe counties. Both of these fires have since been contained. Sign up for our NewslettersMonday morning ...

CRUSO, N.C. (WNCT) –The Rattlesnake Branch fire that started on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025, is quickly spreading due to dry ...

NORTH CAROLINA — Repairs to damaged sections of Interstate 40 will be happening a bit faster thanks to fewer regulations. The ...

The highway administration said it originally expected crews to gather rocks from 20 to 50 miles away. North Carolina ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation and its contractors will be able to mine stone from Pisgah National Forest to help ...

A coalition of conservation groups today sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Forest Service’s Nantahala-Pisgah forest ...

A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into ...

Conservationists say a new management plan will dramatically increase logging in national forests that have already been ...

The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban.

The USDA Forest Service has closed the Shining Rock Designated Wilderness Area within the Pisgah National Forest due to the ...