South Carolina officials have lifted what was a statewide burn ban in 41 counties on Monday morning after low humidity and high wind conditions abated. Five counties still have burn bans in effect, including Pickens and Spartanburg. Pickens is where the state’s largest fire – near Table Rock State Park – has burned about 12,000 acres and is 10 percent contained. Over the weekend the Table Rock fire became the largest in South Carolina history.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.