A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

The NCDOT said GeoStabilization International will close the highway from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday nights ...

A long time firefighter in Western North Carolina has passed away. Officials say Crooked Creek Fire Chief Steve Lytle died in ...

Firefighters contained the rest of the Crooked Creek wildfire in McDowell County Thursday afternoon that previously forced families to evacuate from their rural Western North Carolina homes.

On Sept. 27, 52-year-old Tony Garrison died from a landslide caused by the conditions after the storm hit western North Carolina. Garrison was one of 13 people killed within the Garren Creek community ...

And when Helene descended on Western North Carolina, Lytle was in Fairview, coordinating storm response and helping with rescue missions. The firefighters at both Fairview VFD and Crooked Creek ...