Vice President JD Vance has not visited North Carolina since he was sworn in. His first official trip was Jan. 27, when he surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Damascus, Virginia. When we searched ...

On July 13, 2024, the Asheville Police Department responded to a reported breaking and entering at an apartment unit within the Deaverview Apartments in West Asheville. Officers determined a man ...

FEMA still has 11 Disaster Recovery Centers open in North Carolina, which have served 60,950 individuals so far.

ASHEVILLLE – The hourly wage a single person working full-time needs to earn to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Buncombe ...

Twenty-eight percent of the state’s homeowners and renters continue to be cost-burdened by their rents and mortgage payments, according to the North Carolina Housing Coalition’s 2025 County Profile ...

Early impacts of Helene saw the region's home sales and new listings essentially halt, but in the past few months those ...

ASHEVILLLE – The hourly wage a single person working full-time needs to earn to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Buncombe ... to Just Economics of Western North Carolina, a nonprofit advocacy ...

An operator has been selected to run downtown's Business Improvement District. A new tax will generate $1.25M. Where's the ...

Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, director of housing policy for the North Carolina Housing Coalition ... Stay in the loop with The Asheville Explainer, BPR's weekly newsletter for Asheville and Buncombe ...

The state’s new governor said the troubled relief agency which fumbled hurricane relief in the east wouldn’t go to western NC ...

ASHEVILLE - Despite damages to over 9,000 ... In November, Buncombe County had the second highest unemployment rate in North Carolina at 7.2%, only behind Mitchell County at 8.9%.

A female bear cub that became famous following a viral video of people pulling it from a tree and taking photos holding it at an Asheville ... cub was rescued by North Carolina Wildlife Resources ...