Fourteen ECU students and professors volunteered to survey historic houses in western North Carolina to help look at the ...

In Asheville, Hot Springs and other towns that cater to hikers, many restaurants, hotels and Airbnb’s have reopened. Road ...

Vader, Amigo and Kev were hit by cars after escaping their enclosure fence, Mountain Mule Packer Ranch owners said in a ...

The number of fatalities related to Tropical Storm Helene has risen to 105, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Jan. 29. The additional death occurred in Buncombe ...

But with parts of western North Carolina still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene, the reaction was ... exemptions based on the extent of the damage. A destroyed home gets a 100% exemption.

But there’s got to be somewhere for people to live in the first place, which was difficult in western North Carolina even before the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged the housing stock.

Helene hit North Carolina as a tropical storm on Sept. 27, 2024, leaving death and destruction across the state. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

The owners said a tree came down on a pasture fence on Saturday night, which allowed three of the mules to leave the pasture.

Four months after Tropical Storm Helene, the scars remain. The rivers are still choked with debris — propane tanks, twisted metal, sheets of plastic, cars, trucks, toys, furniture, appliances ...

During his first week back in office, President Donald Trump traveled to western North Carolina to visit families impacted by Hurricane Helene. Buncombe County officials said they are beginning ...