Like many of us, Yancey County’s Lynda Smith lived through the devastating blows wrought by Hurricane Helene when it ravaged ...

Public schools in Henderson, McDowell, Watauga, and Yancey counties had to pivot once students returned after the storm.

Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

SWANNANOA, N.C. (BP) – The overturned box truck not far from First Baptist Church may be the best example of what it’s like in Swannanoa four months since Hurricane Helene dumped historic amounts of ...

Burnsville officials have announced that a large line break that led to a town-wide water outage Wednesday morning has been repaired and water is now restored.

Burnsville, North Carolina is a town with beautiful shops, friendly people, and a whole host of delightful destinations just waiting for you. We’ve been to Burnsville before on the show visiting ...

Diane and Bill Merz detail their experience living through the storm, surviving off community help and generators ...

Burnsville officials are inviting the community to show their respects to three fallen first responders on the one-year anniversary of when they were shot in an ambush. Three wreaths will be ...

Feb. 18, the one-year anniversary of the deaths of three Burnsville first responders, has been declared Public Safety Memorial Day by City Council proclamation.

IN BURNSVILLE, JACKIE PASCALE, WXII 12 NEWS. IT’S A GREAT STORY. JACKIE FOUND BILL AND DIANE MERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WORKING THROUGHOUT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AND SHE CAME ALL THE ...