After Hurricane Helene flooded a crucial corridor for commerce, businesses are rethinking how to build back smarter.

Reopened June 27, the Antique Tobacco Barn, also known as "the Barn," is the first antique store to reopen in the Swannanoa ...

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 ...

Western North Carolina's river recreation industries have restarted after Tropical Storm Helene, but many report business as ...

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 ...

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.

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Nearly nine months after Tropical Storm Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, Buncombe County and Asheville officials are ...

Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge from Haywood County in North Carolina and Cocke County in Tennessee reopened Jun ...

Lawmakers passed an additional $500 million in disaster funding but are leaving for a summer break without a budget in place.