Graham County leaders gather to address the complaints about conditions inside their county jail. Those concerns are both environmental and financial.

North Carolina is among 20 states seeking an emergency court decision to reinstate the funds, arguing FEMA unlawfully halted ...

FCC Environmental Services updates Buncombe County Commissioners, delivering on a promise to move its call center locally.

Chantal caused catastrophic flooding and six deaths in central North Carolina. Orange County leaders said the cost of repairs ...

The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced that it is now accepting applications for the second round of Disaster ...

The federal grant program North Carolina and 19 other states want reinstated was expanded during the first Trump ...

FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers ...

Helene damaged more than 8,000 private roads and bridges in WNC, at a cost of $460 million, according to an early state estimate.

During Tropical Storm Chantal, a mother worried for the safety of her daughter, who is still grappling with the trauma of ...

The White House wants to phase out FEMA. Find out which states would be most at risk if disaster relief funding dries up.

BeLoved Asheville is helping rebuild homes in Western North Carolina after Helene. Among them is a home in Swannanoa's ...

Landslide stabilization efforts are likely to be costly as Buncombe County has sought to develop a model for major landslide projects across WNC.