A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County ...

North Carolina’s assistant state climatologist. Last week, the larger North Fork fire blazed onward through the county just after firefighters contained the Crooked Creek fire. “This is going ...

A wildfire is burning in Wilkesboro. The fire started Monday afternoon and is visible from U.S. Highway 421. WXII 12 News viewer Josh Paul shared a video of the wildfire.

A long time firefighter in Western North Carolina has passed away. Officials say Crooked Creek Fire Chief Steve Lytle died in ...

Wildfires active Sunday in four North Carolina’s National Forests include the largest outside the mountains now in Uwharrie ...

And as the chief of the Crooked Creek Fire Department for nearly two decades ... And when Helene descended on Western North Carolina, Lytle was in Fairview, coordinating storm response and ...