Fire dangers and the risk of rapidly spreading wildfires return to the Triad and most of North Carolina this week.

The “blood moon” name comes from the deep reddish hue it takes on when it slips into the Earth’s shadow for just over an hour.

Perched at 3,500 feet above sea level, Blowing Rock offers the kind of small-town magic that big cities spend millions trying to replicate on movie sets. But there’s nothing artificial about this ...