Helene Resource Center Now Open The Helene Resource Center at 94 Coxe Ave., Asheville, is now open, offering recovery support from FEMA, U.S. Small Business Administration, N.C. Disaster Case ...

Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

Planning & Development is currently located at 46 Valley St., and as of Tuesday, April 22 at 8 a.m., will move all services ...

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 ...

Many North Carolina ... maps were released. In Asheville, the 10% discount has collectively saved city policy holders over $130,000 a year, according to FEMA data. If Buncombe County were to ...

There are hundreds of fewer nurses practicing in Buncombe County today than there were at the start of 2019, even though the supply of nurses has increased both nationally and statewide since the end ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Monday for live updates ...

Firefighters made progress over the weekend battling major wildfires in Western North Carolina ... out our interactive fires map, which is updated hourly. The Alarka 5 Fire in Swain County remains ...