ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Six months after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, a critical road will be reopening. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced in a press release that ...

Hurricane Helene destroyed the corridor — much more than just the road and its components — by flooding the Swannanoa River. Partners including the City of Asheville, Army Corps of Engineers, Buncombe ...

A series of deals between federal and state agencies, finalized last week, will allow the North Carolina Department of ...

The reopening of Swannanoa River Road is exciting news for one of its largest and oldest retailers: the Antique Tobacco Barn.

For most of the city’s history, pure water has drawn people to Asheville. While two events in the last three years have ...

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina ...

We’ve all bought into the notion at least a little bit — that these mountains protect us from the worst nature has to dish out. I’ve been here for three decades, and every time I leave for a vacation ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway sustained significant damage from Tropical Storm Helene. Emergency roadway work has begun at eight landslide locations.

Forecasts had warned about the approach of Hurricane Helene. No forecast, however, could have conveyed the scale of ...

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