Valdese Fire Chief Charles Watts was one of the first responders. Channel 9 learned Phillips-Rice used to be a junior firefighter. "It makes it a little more difficult because the stress that you ...

VALDESE, N.C ... Every fire department in the county responded to the fires because of the threat to homes on the mountain, according to a social media post by Burke County 911.

VALDESE, NC (WBTV) - Michael Kiddy was stocking shelves at his job at Food Lion in Valdese when his heart stopped beating. The 60-year-old man collapsed in a back aisle of the store.

James says others at the scene, including several nurses who happened to be in the store, also helped. Not long after Michael suffered his heart attack, a first responder with Valdese Fire showed ...