Buncombe County Strategic Partnership Director Rachael Sawyer said the county has been working to gather input for the Helene ...

Fairview residents are worried a property owner who wants to build a driveway could put them at risk for more deadly ...

Climate change and a lack of flooding mitigation influenced severe flooding in central North Carolina. | Opinion ...

The survey is called “Envision Buncombe”. Leaders hope to use the results from the survey to determine what to do with their recovery plan. Here’s how the community responded: Leaders said the survey ...

More than 2,600 people responded to questions about what they want leaders to make a priority as Hurricane Helene recovery ...

Jennifer Horton was still relishing her history-making victory last November as Buncombe’s first Black woman county ...

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' (DNCR) "America250 NC" initiative awards Buncombe County a ...

It's too early to say how Helene has affected water quality in private wells. A new study will shed light but meanwhile, ...

BeLoved Asheville is helping rebuild homes in Western North Carolina after Helene. Among them is a home in Swannanoa's ...

The Declaration of a Local Emergency that began ahead of Tropical Storm Helene’s landfall has been terminated as of June 30. While the state of emergency is now closed, Buncombe County remains ...

A company in Hildebran planned to dismantle train car cabins, sell the cabins as living spaces and use the train bed to build temporary bridges in western North Carolina. In June, the town said the ...

Korey Hampton sees progress every day as she works along the French Broad River. But, nine months after Hurricane Helene, ...