From non-profits to hired contractors—the stories of survival in western North Carolina are a large part of what motivates ...

Farmers markets in Buncombe County open for the spring season throughout April-June, with year-round markets returning to ...

This story was updated to include the acreage and containment amounts for the fire on Thursday, March 25. ...

Camden Byers, a fifth-grade student at North Windy Ridge Intermediate, has been a part of this program since he started ...

Individuals who were displaced by the storm and were living in hotels paid for by FEMA made up more than two-thirds of this year’s total.

As of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 there are currently no wildfire evacuation orders in place for Buncombe County. The ...

Post-Helene Public Health Survey Buncombe County Public Health is conducting a door-to-door survey about specific public health needs or trends in Buncombe County in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The ...

Multiple Buncombe County crews are battling a 15-acre wildfire in the Broad River community along N.C. 9 on Feb. 28, officials said. Downed power lines appear to have started the fire, which was ...

This story will be updated throughout the day, March 27, as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes ...

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved acceptance of an $8.4 million cashflow loan from the state at its March 4 ...

The county’s January unemployment rate was up slightly from December’s 6% and more than double the rate of 3% a year earlier.

ASHEVILLE — The Buncombe County Fire Marshal's Office has issued an open burn ban effective at 10 a.m. March 19, due to ...