As crews fully contain a 198-acre fire in the Pisgah National Forest, the US Forest Service has mapped areas most at risk of ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, the rebuilding of homes has yet to begin due to ...

North Carolina is home to plenty of well-known big cities such ... It may come as no surprise to residents of the region that ...

With much of Western North Carolina under abnormally dry conditions ... Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is ...

FILE - Damage from Hurricane Helene flooding is seen along eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the North Carolina state line, Oct. 7, 2024, in Cocke County, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File) ...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding ...

Helene wiped out hundreds of roadways. Now, engineers are working to fill in the holes it left behind. And in places like Chimney Rock Nathan Moneyham: The whole thing's a big hole. Anisa Khalifa: But ...

Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, issued a boil water advisory after a main water break in Old Fort.The Town of Old Fort has had a water main break in the area north of the railroad track.

State Treasurer Brad Briner announced that interest-free loans for hurricane relief are now reaching the hands of local governments in Western North Carolina. The $100 million loan program ...

“Despite a tremendous response from federal, state, local, and private sector and nonprofit partners in the immediate aftermath, five months later, it is clear that much more help is needed to restore ...

FLETCHER, N.C. (WLOS) — The Western North Carolina Train Show took place in Fletcher, N.C., on Feb. 22. Held at the WNC Agricultural Center, the show welcomed guests to explore numerous exhibits ...

Some school systems in Western North Carolina are closed or operating on delays Friday, Feb. 21, due to winter weather impacts.