At the height of Tropical Storm Helene, 8 feet of water stood in the lower level of Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa. By ...

SWANNANOA – It’s still hard for Kendrick Presnell to talk about the events of Sept. 27 when Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

On Friday, June 29, 1951, Harvey Hester's "HillBilly Rest-Runt" opened its doors in Oteen. Harvey, raised in Asheville and an owner of a successful Atlanta restaurant, created Hillbilly Foods Inc. to ...

Black Mountain Primary School and Black Mountain Elementary School students were able to take home boxes of groceries and toys Dec. 19. These boxes were made available by Mercy Chefs, a Virginia-based ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Nearly three months after Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina, a relief hub in Black Mountain is still seeing as many as 200 cars a day come through, their occupants ...

A reopened bridge on U.S. 70 in Swannanoa is “expected to alleviate congestion in Eastern Buncombe County,” according to a news release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The bridge ...

The holiday season is set to sparkle a little brighter in Western North Carolina as the beloved classic "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens comes alive at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts .