BURNSVILLE, N.C. — The director of the Emergency Management Agency in Yancey County, North Carolina said he’s shocked at the ...

Operation Helo, a charity formed in western North Carolina after ... In the town of Burnsville, RVs were given to families that were vetted by the local volunteer fire department.

The Burnsville Fire Department has equipped one of its fire trucks with a cooler that will carry blood to emergency scenes, where medics can then warm it and transfuse it into critically injured ...