Tropical Storm Helene damaged 11,065 residential units in Buncombe County, according to the latest FEMA data provided to the ...

Governor Bill Lee and area officials have started speaking with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the ...

WRAL 5 On Your Side is taking on the problems plaguing western North Carolina. The team spent a week in western N.C., traveling to Buncombe, Yancy, Mitchell and McDowell counties to survey the damage ...

"Foothills Conservancy has done amazing work on so many levels for some time now," said David Benner, son of the trail's ...

Deputies in Henderson County, North Carolina, charged a man after reports of embezzlement from a local youth sports league.

A close analysis of Helene’s fatalities shows how major storms are taking lives in unexpected ways, and how the deadly ...

Anderson County, TN (February 3, 2025) – A fatal crash involving two vehicles occurred on Brushy Valley Rd on Sunday evening, prompting a road closure and an investigation by the Tennessee Highway ...

Sumner County, TN (February 3, 2025) – A police pursuit ended in a fatal head-on crash at Academy Rd and Brooks Ln on Friday evening, leaving one person dead and another injured. According to the ...

A co-emergence of two cicada broods took place in 2024 in many southern states including North Carolina. This year, another brood of "periodical" cicadas is headed for the Tar Heel State. Yearly, ...

Buncombe County has launched Buncombe Recovers, a Helene recovery website to keep the community informed on progress as we recover from the impacts of Tropical Storm ...

This year, data could offer insight on Tropical Storm Helene's impact on Buncombe County's unhoused population after thousands of people were displaced by the storm in Western North Carolina.