Dane Pedersen, Buncombe County's solid waste director, updated Buncombe County Commissioners on the process of Helene ...

There are hundreds of fewer nurses practicing in Buncombe County today than there were at the start of 2019, even though the ...

On Marc 26, at about 8 p.m., the Leicester Fire Department posted on Facebook that it was working with the West Buncombe Fire Department on the scene of a woods fire. No significant evacuations were ...

The county’s January unemployment rate was up slightly from December’s 6% and more than double the rate of 3% a year earlier.

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for ...

As of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 there are currently no wildfire evacuation orders in place for Buncombe County. The ...

Wildfires continue to burn in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay updated with our live coverage Thursday, March 27.

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

I think the reality is, many folks don’t understand how much work is ahead of us," says William Carpenter, executive director ...

The North Carolina Forest Service said the Black Cove complex fire is the highest-priority fire in the United States.