SWANNANOA, North Carolina (WLOS) — Crews are battling a blaze in Swannanoa after a piece of machinery caught fire on April 5. Chief Anthony Penland of the Swannanoa Fire Department said crews were ...

EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT. MUST HAVES. TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE HURRICANE HELENE DEVASTATED WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORM BROUGHT RECORD BREAKING RAINFALL AND CATASTROPHIC FLOODING TO MOUNTAIN ...

SWANNANOA, North Carolina (WLOS) — A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that five area small-town post offices in Western North Carolina will not reopen in their current ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene devastated Swannanoa, North Carolina, residents like Jess Fager continue to face an influx of disaster tourists drawn to the area. Despite ...

ASHEVILLE - A Swannanoa man was found guilty Oct. 2 of assaulting law enforcement officers during then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's October 2024 visit to the unincorporated community in the ...

Dan Slagle (right) and Swannanoa neighbors choose postcards to address to public officials. (Photo by Anne Vilen / Daily Yonder) When calamity strikes, as it often has in the Appalachian community of ...

Asheville unveiled its recovery design concepts for the parks along the Swannanoa and French Broad Rivers. Input will inform a final unified design.

It's been one year since Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, leaving behind a trail of destruction. The devastating storm made landfall last September in Florida as a Category 4 ...