Officials: Wildfire risk elevated

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Drought could lead to smoky conditions like fall of 2016 

  • The corn turning brown in this field along Newport Road shows the effect of almost two months without rain.
    The corn turning brown in this field along Newport Road shows the effect of almost two months without rain.
Three years ago this fall, a drought not seen in the Southern Appalachians for around 20 years burned thousands upon thousands of acres of woodlands, destroyed property and left residents seeking…

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