Mary Catherine Green and her late father, Oliver L. Green, Jr., served more than 50 years combined as judges in Polk County.

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

More than 300 firefighters and emergency personnel are in Polk County working fire lines on three major wildfires under the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Evacuations are underway in Henderson and Transylvania counties as wildfires near their borders. Henderson County Board of Commissioners’ Chairman William Lapsley ...

Polk County's school board is considering asking voters to approve a property tax referendum next year. Superintendent Fred ...

Due to the spread of the Table Rock fire and Persimmon Ridge fire, mandatory evacuations are in effect for parts of Pickens ...

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

They just hand a piece of paper to him and goes out the door.” The Polk County district attorney said it will be two to three weeks to get a ruling from the judge.

The employees are no longer by the district. “I came back outside, and he was saying, ‘I’m just protecting my son. I’m just protecting my son.’ I told him, ‘You’ve done wrong ...

Someone's going to have to explain that to me," Connolly said. Polk County District 5 Supervisor Angela Connolly listens during a Polk County Board of Supervisors meeting at Polk County ...

He no longer has any involvement with PCPS,” said Polk County Public Schools spokesperson Kyle Kennedy in a statement. Durn was employed by Kelly Education, according to the school district ...

Polk County Administrator John Norris, a respected yet controversial figure since joining county government in late 2020, has agreed to step down after two months on paid administrative leave.