Buncombe County residents may face a property tax increase as county commissioners discuss budget adjustments to fund public schools and prevent further cuts to local government spending. This ...

Rachael Sawyer is normally Buncombe County’s Director of Strategic Partnerships but she’s currently serving as the Helene ...

The Asheville Police Department and detectives arrested three people on Friday, May 2, leading to the seizing of fentanyl, a ...

At the scene responders found a body wrapped in debris and mud. The body was removed from the water and taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh for examination and identification. The ...

Students have yet to make up for the weeks they lost amid the aftermath of Helene, so local schools are amping up on summer ...

Vote for the WNC spring sports Week 10 girls athlete of the week, featuring performances from Asheville High, Franklin, North Buncombe and more.

In order to balance the budget as currently arranged, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners would need to raise the property tax rate by 3.21 cents per $100 of taxable value before considering ...

The $105.9 million “prototype” spending plan, passed 7-0, amounts to a $10.3 million increase over the current year’s budget ...

Buncombe County doesn’t have any legal control over how its morgue is run, elected officials say, countering state health ...

The Swannanoa Grassroots Alliance and Buncombe County held a community meeting April 28 to give updates to Swannanoa residents on Helene recovery.

Buncombe County farmers markets are open. Nine markets in Buncombe County will continue to offer ASAP’s Double SNAP for ...

Three years ago, the City of Asheville paid a consultant $73,000 to issue recommendations and a report on how to combat ...