The worst wildfires in the country right now are burning in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate ... as was the case Friday with a 4-acre fire in Garren Creek in Buncombe County that ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires here.

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 ...

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.

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

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

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%, ...

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 ...

New lanes opened along Interstate 26 east of Long Shoals Road on Tuesday morning, marking the latest development in the I-26 ...

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 ...

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 ...