This week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire in state history.

For Nate Scott, the anticipation was the worst part. Scott gazed over Buffalo Creek in Freeport shortly before 11 a.m.

Multiple crews are battling a 15-acre wildfire in the Broad River community while Buncombe County remains under a burn ban ...

FEB. 28, 2025 - U.S. Forest Service crews battle Broad River wildfire along Highway 9. (WLOS) At this time, homes are ...

Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The community is mourning and remembering longtime mountain firefighter, Steve Lytle. A ...

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County ...

Scheduled a planning session for Monday, March 3, at the City Hall. Adjourned the meeting in memory of Steven Lytle, the ...

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County, is 100% ...