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From Latin dance and art classes, to motorcycle rallies and lectures, here's what's happening around Asheville in June.
As insurance costs have increased, representatives from the N.C. Department of Insurance and statewide flood organizations encouraged higher standards and suggested possible incentives for flood ...
This year, students had planned to serve in Asheville, North Carolina with Hurricane Helene clean up, until the February ...
Though Western North Carolina's insurance market has seen few insurers entirely leave, regulators are considering different incentives and methods to motivate more to enroll in flood insurance.
Western North Carolina's river recreation industries have restarted after Tropical Storm Helene, but many report business as ...
Destroyed possessions are piled up outside of homes in Swannanoa, N.C. Oct. 16, 2024. Located outside of Asheville, Swannanoa was one of the areas hit hardest by Tropical Storm Helene.
But in Buncombe County, WNC's urban center, data indicates few were enrolled in federal flood insurance. In 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau data reflected there were 137,123 households in Buncombe ...
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Interstate 40 remains closed in both directions near the North Carolina/Tennessee line due to a rockslide and flooding.
Flooding and a rockslide in Cocke County, Tennessee yesterday has shut down all lanes on both sides of the state line.
Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge from Haywood County in North Carolina and Cocke County in Tennessee reopened Jun ...
Nearly nine months after Tropical Storm Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, Buncombe County and Asheville officials are ...