The study considered safety, affordability, economic strength, education and health care, and quality of life.

Firefighters in North Carolina gain movement on containing two of the state's largest fires, while South Carolina's largest ...

The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville, that forced evacuations in Polk and Henderson counties along with states of emergency.

Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more evacuations, according to officials. In the Carolinas, ...