On Tuesday, as part of the tribe’s annual Public School Appreciation Day, the Cherokee Nation presented $7.6 million to 107 school districts.

"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 ...

The Black Cove Fire has burned 3,000 acres, the Deep Woods Fire 3,231 acres and Fish Hook Fire 199 acres. A new blaze, the ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires ...

SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry reported 1,151 acres burned in Sequoyah ...

SUNNY SPRING DAY: With a sunny sky temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 70s across Alabama this afternoon ...

State health officials said most of those who became infected recognized their exposure and isolated. The only public ...

The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

THE TABLE ROCK COMPLEX FIRE. NOW MORE THAN 10,000 ACRES AND AT 0% CONTAINMENT. MEANWHILE, CREWS ARE SEEING PROGRESS IN POLK ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 61 °F (16.1 ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NNW to NW at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph).

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...