The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been notified after a woman who was in the custody of a detention ...

ASHEVILLE - A woman being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility died April 19, according to a news release from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. Geneva Daniels, 57, had been booked on ...

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.

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

Days after new permanent lanes opened along Interstate 26 in South Asheville, the next stretch of highway will open to ...

The North Carolina Forest Service said the Black ... said more than 250 homes have been evacuated so far. In Buncombe County, the Freedom Farm fire is zero percent contained and is continuing ...

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

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 ...