Officials said crews are battling the Rattlesnake Branch Fire which was first reported on Wednesday, March 26.As of April 1, ...

The Haywood County School Board recently approved the district's 2025-26 budget, and school leaders say it maintains quality.

We have had multiple reports of an individual calling and claiming to be from the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office (specifically Lt. Jenkins). The callers have been demanding and intimidating, trying ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

The North Carolina Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning in the state. This will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. This comes after a statewide ban that went into effect on ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...

Elvis DeAngelo Hester is wanted out of Haywood County Circuit Court for failing to appear at his scheduled court date on ...

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for live updates.

A Haywood County man dies when a tractor trailer ran off a Lexington highway and ended up flipped on its side in nearby woods.

Haywood County has partnered with Consolidated Waste Services and EcoFlo to hold its spring Household Hazardous Waste ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 107 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN EAST ARKANSAS CRITTENDEN LEE ...

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for ...