A Chesapeake teacher has won VDOT's 'Outstanding Crossing Guard of the Year' award for the seventh time in the award's history.

The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews were battling three wildfires in McDowell County that were first reported ...

By Kelly Doty Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Evacuation orders in McDowell County were lifted at 8 a.m. Thursday after crews made progress battling a ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

As of Wednesday evening, the blaze, dubbed the Crooked Creek Fire, has so far burned 250 acres, emergency officials said, and was 15% contained. The Crooked Creek Fire erupted in Old Fort ...

Three members of an Alaska State Troopers SWAT team fired their weapons during a standoff on the Kenai Peninsula last week, the agency said Monday. Mason Toloff, a 32-year-old Kasilof resident, was ...

Trump’s pick to lead VA told lawmakers Tuesday that he is still ... of patriotic Americans that President Trump openly calls crooked and dishonest,” American Federation of Government Employees ...

Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., introduced Collins to the Senate committee. "If we were to write up qualifications for VA secretary, Doug Collins' picture would be right up next to the description," Cramer ...

Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

The Restore VA Accountability Act is sponsored by Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., ...

Yet even still, there are some places that seem particularly storied. Sailor's Creek Battlefield is one such place, not only because of its tragic and complicated history but also because it's among ...