A petition asking the state legislature to step in and ban land-clearing burns has collected nearly 2,000 signatures, mostly ...

The petition, created by Nicholas Newell, aims to raise awareness about the environmental impact of land clearing through burning, particularly its effects on air quality. Newell, a concerned ...

Nicholas Newell, who lives in Leland, recently started a petition to amend a state law that allows open burning for land clearing for development in North Carolina. The petition has since received ...

The Charlotte County Commission has imposed a ban on all outdoor burning, including the use and discharge of fireworks and ...

For residents within Sumter County, if your fire is not a land clearing or machine pile burn, you are required to obtain a burn permit. Please visit the Sumter County website at https ...