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When calamity strikes, as it often has in the Appalachian community of Swannanoa, North Carolina, the “proud, fierce, and maybe a little crazy” working ...
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I know this has occurred in past years, but it appears that all the lights on the McDowell Street viaduct in ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $400 million in funding to repair Helene-damaged roads and bridges ...
The Citizen Times 2025 All-WNC indoor and outdoor track and field teams are here. See who made the All-WNC teams this season.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — UPDATE: The right shoulder reopened for both directions on 1-40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee ...
There are overnight full closures on I-26 in both directions this week, according to a Henderson County Sheriff's Office ...
An Asheville section of I-26 will be shut down overnight on May 20 to allow for construction crews to make improvements.
The damaged portion of I-40 at the North Carolina-Tennessee state line has been closed since late September when Helene tore across the area and left devastation in its wake. Back in December ...
As it flows north into Asheville, the French Broad River passes under Interstate 40 and takes a hard right ... they and state troopers closed the highway as the French Broad continued to rise.
An additional 11 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened Wednesday in Asheville from milepost 382.5 at U.S. 70, near the Folk Art Center, to milepost 393.6 at N.C. Route 191, near the N.C. Arboretum.
After Hurricane Helene closed almost 40 miles of I-40 ... cutting off the major route through the mountains to Asheville. Another stretch of I-40 in east Tennessee also collapsed in the deluge.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said Monday a stretch of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge would remain closed indefinitely ... He also visited Asheville and Western ...