wildfire season

Just before the first day of spring, the region will feel lows in the 20s, and local officials urge caution with much of the area under a warning for increased fire risk.

Almost all the counties in the BPR listening area are now in a severe drought, a big bump up from just a week ago .

The North Carolina Forest Service says two large wildfires burning in the mountains are mostly contained. Kerry Lathrop in the Region 3 command center…

Firefighters have been busy the past few days fighting a number of wildfires in western North Carolina. A 50-acre blaze near Fairview is mostly contained.…