Firefighters from the USDA Forest Service, the North Carolina Forest Service and nearby counties continue to make progress to contain the Rattlesnake Branch Fire.

Hundreds of miles of paved bike trails await across the South. Winding for miles through fields, forests and sometimes, bustling urban areas, the South’s paved (but “no cars allowed”) trails beckon ...

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