When it's time to get away from it all, this cozy mountain town in North Carolina sits right alongside a picturesque lake ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

The North Carolina Forest Service said there are voluntary evacuations for residents on Laurel Mountain View Road and ... is burning on private land near Lake Adger, around five miles northwest ...

High winds, abnormally dry conditions and debris from Hurricane Helene have only increased difficulty for firefighting crews.

Mandatory evacuations continued in the North Carolina mountains Saturday from rapidly ... northwest of Mill Spring on private land near Lake Adger. A downed power line also caused that fire ...

Maps show where wildfires continue to burn in North Carolina and South Carolina, including the Table Rock Fire and multiple ...

Mandatory evacuations continued in the Carolinas on Saturday from rapidly spreading mountain wildfires that ... burned nearly 7,000 acres in Western North Carolina’s Polk and Henderson counties ...

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for live updates.

If you have dogs and would like options for dog-friendly hikes in Gastonia, North Carolina, here is a list of trails that you and your fur babies can enjoy together.