Polk County officials are urging some residents who live near uncontrolled fires to "leave now" as two of the fires surge over 1,000 acres each.

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River.

As of Saturday morning, the Disaster Recovery Center in Polk County has reopened. The DRC located at Isothermal Community College campus was temporarily closed due to wildfire smoke, but is now back ...

A community meeting was held to inform and update the public on the multiple wildfires in Polk County. The Black Cove fire ...

A 71-year-old man died Tuesday in a fire in Polk Township. The Monroe County Coroner’s office said the man, whose name has ...

The Polk County Emergency Management (PCEM) said it is currently working on retrieving more resources for the Forest Service to continue combating the wildfires. PCEM is in contact with State ...

A researcher was wading through a shallow stream in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee while conducting a survey for road ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C (WLOS) — Three fires continued to burn throughout Polk County on Saturday with little signs of slowing down.

Robert Werner, 71, died Tuesday in a fire in Polk Township. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:46 p.m. at the home on Long Mountain Road, Polk Township. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA ... Officials are currently contacting departments in other states, such as Tennessee and Alabama, to receive more resources and man power. Due to wildfires in other ...

Tennessee, Oregon, South Dakota and California are working to stop and slow the spread of the fire and protect structures. On March 23, Polk County Fire Marshal Bobby Arledge called fighting the ...

Polk County officials are urging some residents ... except higher elevations along the Tennessee border. Although winds will be much lighter than Thursday, March 20, the low relative humidity ...