Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park ...

So here we are in 2025 with a long-neglected rural crisis. Of our 100 counties, 80 are designated as rural. Fifty-one of ...

Here are maps illustrating ... A wildfire in southwestern North Carolina was the largest active fire in the state, having spread more than 600 acres in Polk County near the South Carolina border ...

North Carolina has received more than $47 billion in federal funds this year. Here’s how that ranks among other states.

the last thing HCFR needs to do is focus on another large-scale incident outside of the Carolina Forest wildfire,” the agency said. “There is a burn ban in Horry County. Do not engage in open ...

the last thing HCFR needs to do is focus on another large-scale incident outside of the Carolina Forest wildfire,” the agency said. “There is a burn ban in Horry County. Do not engage in open ...

Sky-high property taxes in large metros like New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago are driving retirees out and fueling an internal migration to places where owning a home won’t land you ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are 78 rural counties in North Carolina. A rural county is a county with an average population density of 250 people per square mile or less. Beaufort ...

while they're drawing these maps. We need to be pushing them to not change the landscape.” A large part of the reason why ...