With western North Carolina still in recovery from Hurricane Helene in 2024, President Trump’s new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visits the region.
These six Western North Carolina towns are ready to welcome visitors for spring break. Tourism dollars help support the recovery efforts throughout the region.
From music to food to arts and crafts, here is a list of festivals to include in your summertime fun in Asheville and western North Carolina.
Jennie is part of a neurodiverse family in NC who finds peace and clarity in western North Carolina nature. This is her story.
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene’s devastating landfall approaches, a program in western North Carolina schools is helping students cope with the tragedy.
The Trump administration is hosting some of the world’s most powerful financial leaders in Asheville. Here’s why their pick of western North Carolina’s largest city is so controversial.
Fourth-generation Western North Carolina farmer Jamie Ager, will face two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards in the battle for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in November.
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
This Saturday—Sept. 27, 2025—marks one year since Hurricane Helene flooded Western North Carolina with five months of rain in just three days.
North Carolina has opened up applications for its home repair and reconstruction program after Helene devastated western North Carolina in 2024.
