The 150-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from Helene.

The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said a man is guilty of four counts of misdemeanor sexual battery. Anyone who sees the missing teen or has any information about his whereabouts is asked to call 911.

Afar's cofounders spent three days on the ground in the North Carolina mountain town and came back with a reminder of the positive impact travel dollars can have.

Additional restoration operations will continue in this area including further debris removal and utility restoration.

The fire broke out on Wednesday in Old Fort, North Carolina, which was one of the North Carolina towns hardest hit by Hurricane Helene when the storm made landfall in September.

An order from the White House's Office of Budget and Management that could freeze federal funding is sowing fear and confusion among area nonprofits.

The wildfire strikes an inland region of North Carolina that is still recovering from the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in September.

Vice President JD Vance has not visited North Carolina since he was sworn in. His first official trip was Jan. 27, when he surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Damascus, Virginia. When we searched using Google and the Nexis news archive,

I visited Wrong Way Campground in Asheville, North Carolina. Learn how this riverside retreat combines comfort with sustainability and helps support the local community’s recovery after Hurricane Helene.

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. SWANNANOA—People are living in campers in fields of debris off U.

Locals are showing their concerns through a petition and a Facebook group about UNC Asheville's intentions with a forest the university owns.

North Carolina’s economy is bracing for a hold on billions in funding to the state government, universities, businesses, and hospitals after the Trump administration announced a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan programs that took effect at 5 p.