Separate debris fires wreak havoc
Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 11, 2024
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Sunday was anything but a day of rest for local firefighters, as they were busy with two brush fires.
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Items found lead to ID
Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Deep Creek – The family of 88-year-old Donald Storey have accepted the findings of both evidence collected from an Aug.
Christmas Eve fire burns 1 acre
Marshall McClung
Thursday, January 4, 2024
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Atoah – Holidays are often a busy time for emergency personnel – including firefighters.
Brush fire threatens home
Marshall McClung
Friday, December 8, 2023
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Robbinsville – Firefighters with the Graham County Fire Department, N.C. Forest Service and U.S.
Firefighters respond to brush fire
Marshall McClung
Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Yellow Creek – Firefighters with the U.S.
Rain halts brush fires
Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 13, 2023
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Rain that began falling on Good Friday put a stop to the brush fires that have become an almost daily occurrence – at least temporarily.
Heavy winds down power lines, cause wildfires
Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 6, 2023
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Tallulah – Windy conditions, low humidity and dense underbrush all combined to make it difficult to control a large brush fire that started around 12:40 p.m. March 30.
Downed power lines spark brush fires
Marshall McClung
Friday, March 31, 2023
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Snowbird – A U.S. Forest Service crew discovered a brush fire burning shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Forest Service releases responses to management plans
Randy Foster
Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Robbinsville – The U.S. Forest Service issued a Jan. 19 response to objection issues raised for the revised Nantahala and Pisgah forest plan.
County lists objections to Forest Service plan
Randy Foster
Thursday, April 21, 2022
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Robbinsville – Graham County Government is included among 872 “eligible objectors” to proposed plans that will guide resource management in the Nantahala and Pisgah national forest