A prolonged heat wave is upon us in the Western Carolinas. It’s all thanks to a heat dome setting up over the southeast.

CENTRAL, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A small Pickens County community is bracing for big growth by pausing new developments for six months.

District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch for N.C. 43rd Prosecutorial District announced that a Sylva man was found guilty of seven charges.