Farmers markets in Buncombe County open for the spring season throughout April-June, with year-round markets returning to ...

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

From non-profits to hired contractors—the stories of survival in western North Carolina are a large part of what motivates ...

This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

The latest data also reveals increases in people who are chronically homeless (meaning they have lived without a fixed ...

Crews continue working to control the Freedom Farm Fire, which has burned at least 130 acres with 60% containment in ...

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

Camden Byers, a fifth-grade student at North Windy Ridge Intermediate, has been a part of this program since he started ...

When Hurricane Helene veered towards the North Carolina mountains, Bruce Sullivan, a bus driver for Buncombe County Schools, ...

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

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 ...

A wildfire broke out in Buncombe County, North Carolina on Wednesday evening. The Leicester Fire Department and West Buncombe Fire Department responded to the scene and contained the fire.