Local officials, including the Buncombe County Fire Marshal, are discouraging open burning on Jan ... Dudley Greene, a Republican who represents Avery, McDowell and Mitchell counties, said that the ...

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

Volunteers built makeshift bridges from salvaged materials to connect isolated communities after Helene, but severe weather ...

A family of six died in a house fire near the Saint Lawrence River. Firefighters were able to pull the victims from the building, but they all died at the hospital.

Other agencies, like the Dallas, North Carolina volunteer fire department ... that I don't want to live anywhere else but here in Avery County, North Carolina," he said.

Local officials, including the Buncombe County Fire Marshal, are discouraging open ... Dudley Greene, a Republican who represents Avery, McDowell and Mitchell counties, said that the wildfire ...

McDowell County said the fire was likely fed by high winds while North Carolina Rep. Dudley Greene, a Republican who represents Avery, McDowell and Mitchell counties, said the wildfire was ...

State and county fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire but have said they believe it started in the kitchen.