FEMA denied North Carolina's request for the agency to match 100% of the state funds for Hurricane Helene cleanup, according to a letter.

Three weeks after a 13-year-old girl died by suicide at a Weaverville residential treatment program, the state health ...

The Buncombe County 2043 Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2023 and identified the Swannanoa corridor as one of several areas of the county in need of more detailed planning. The devastating impacts ...

FCC Environmental Services provided an update on trash collection services to the Buncombe County Commission on May 20.

Oscar Wong, the founder of Highland Brewing and the “godfather” of Asheville’s craft brewing scene, died Sunday at age 84.

The legislature has invested big dollars at Montreat College, even though public schools have federally accredited cyber programs.

Landslide stabilization efforts are likely to be costly as Buncombe County has sought to develop a model for major landslide projects across WNC.

Buncombe County's current budget proposal would not fully fund both Asheville City and Buncombe County schools.

The Mountain Amateur Athletics Club honored WNC's top high school student-athletes in its 63rd annual awards banquet on May ...

City staff is proposing a 7.9% property tax increase, boosting the rate from 40.93 cents per $100 of assessed value to 44.19 ...

In a letter sent April 23, Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams asked the N.C. Attorney General's office to get involved in SBI's investigation into the county's pretrial program. The ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. AND IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO JORDAN ROAD AND THEY SAY 26 YEAR OLD ...