The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced will allow logging in national forests, which will help spur timber ...

Memos from the Trump administration are increasing pressure to cut more national forests for timber and forest health.

President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than ...

The closure will displace a community of 150 to 200 homeless people – more than half who have disabilities, according to the ...

A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...

A coalition of Western North Carolina conservation organizations sued the U.S. Forest Service as the Trump administration has ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...

The Dunster Community Forest Society has released a new wildfire dashboard for Dunster and the surrounding area, spanning through McBride and Cedarside.

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