By Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Leicester woman is describing the terrifying moments she witnessed her neighbor’s house fully engulfed ...

Buncombe County Family Justice Center detectives arrested and charged Darnell Rex Young Jr., 75, with statutory rape of a ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — UPDATE April 2, 2025: the number of missing Helene victims in western North Carolina is at least five, six months after the storm devastated the state. Here is the ...

Wildfires have been burning in Western North Carolina since March 19 ... as a 2-acre fire in the Dix Creek-Leicester area of Buncombe County on Wednesday afternoon, March 26, has grown during ...

A wildfire broke out in Buncombe County, North Carolina on Wednesday evening. The Leicester Fire Department and West Buncombe Fire Department responded to the scene and contained the fire.

Data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce indicated Buncombe County's unemployment rate rose by .8 percentage points between December and January, bringing the county's rate up to 6.8%, ...

County briefings go live on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. The March 19 briefing offered a calendar of deadlines, progress updates on ...

ASHEVILLE - Following recent public revisions to the city of Asheville's floodplain policy, Buncombe County officials have ...

A new Helene recovery bill for Buncombe County was filed asking for an additional $582 million from the state on Tuesday, ...

He’s a custodian and a bus driver for Buncombe County Schools. When Hurricane Helene veered towards the North Carolina mountains, he became a hero, too. After getting an urgent plea from a local ...

Buncombe County is part of the National Flood Insurance ... don't have access to all benefits the NFIP provides. Many North Carolina communities are in a similar situation. In North Carolina ...