8 Caldwell County Career Center High School students earned state championships in career and job skills at the Skills USA competition.

For the first time, firefighters are starting to see progress in containment efforts of a wildfire that has been raging since April 25. Though estimated acreage has increased to 1,205 acres, firefighters are more upbeat, according to public information officer Jonetta Holt.

A fire near Linville Gorge continues to thwart firefighters today.