LET’S HOPE THEY CAN GET THAT CLOSURE. THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT WITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN NORRIS TODAY. NORRIS WAS PLACED ON LEAVE IN ...

CREWS ARE BATTLING FIVE DIFFERENT WILDFIRES. THREE OF THEM ARE IN POLK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. MOST OF THE WILDFIRES ARE AT 0% CONTAINMENT. AND NEW TONIGHT, A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE WILDFIRES IN POLK ...

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as crews continue working to contain three wildfires in Polk County. Three fires in the western North Carolina county south of Asheville have burned more ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Several municipalities across the county elected new officials on Tuesday. Residents cast ballots for city council and commission seats, as well as mayoral spots and charter ...

Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Polk 219 ... charges of DWI and Careless and Prohibited Driving. Deputies responded to a walk-in complainant in reference to missing individuals. The ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its K-9s. The Mosaic Company, a producer of phosphate, will soon be starting a pilot road project in Polk County that will use a ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained. On Monday, March 31, officials said overnight ...

Polk County, North Carolina, residents were ordered to evacuate after a string of wildfires destroyed hundreds of acres in the area. Just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, a local official said that ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Evacuation orders continue to be implemented across counties in Western North Carolina due to the ongoing Polk County fires. Mike Morgan, the Chief Communications ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Some residents of Polk County are being evacuated in response to multiple rapidly spreading wildfires, including a new blaze that ignited on the evening of March 20.

Hilligoss captured 61% of the vote, compared with 39% for Gibson, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday night by the Polk County Supervisor of Elections Office. Hilligoss, lead pastor of ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...