This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

According to a recent study, around 40,000 Northwest Georgia jobs are directly related to the state's ports, with more than 1,300 in Polk County alone.

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Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires here.

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New Fire Weather Warnings were issued for Friday across parts of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina amid a ...

Forecast maps show the wildfire smoke clearing from Raleigh and across the central and eastern parts of the state beginning ...

Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...

In total, the largest wildfires are burning more than 12,000 acres across the Carolinas — and the fires are likely to grow ...