WFMY News 2 looked for the FEMA disaster area map. It shows 39 North Carolina counties along with the grounds for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In the Triad, Forsyth, Wilkes, and Surry are ...

The Outer Banks consist of a collection of barrier islands along the North Carolina coast. The area is split into three ... the settlement and the events surrounding the disappearance.

AND A STATEWIDE BURN BAN IN NORTH CAROLINA ... the fire area — unauthorized drone use grounds firefighting aircraft and puts crews at risk. Be prepared for smoky conditions in surrounding ...

Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging — a practice ...

Howard Hutchinson, a private property rights activist, leads a coalition that’s quietly organizing a county-level rejection ...

Cherokee for “land of the noonday sun,” Nantahala National Forest encompasses 531,158 acres in western North Carolina ... offers a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape.

Whitewater Falls near Cashiers, North Carolina, fits that description perfectly – an 811-foot natural spectacle that’s been ...

The combined drop of Upper and Lower Whitewater Falls (the latter extending into South Carolina) measures an astonishing 811 feet, dwarfing many more famous waterfalls. For comparison, Niagara Falls ...

An anti-regulatory movement is surging under Trump and opposes federal management of public lands in New Mexico ...

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

Firefighters in North Carolina gain movement on containing two of the state's largest fires, while South Carolina's largest fire doubles in size ...

Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides detailed information on each fire.