Brooke Lanning lost her home in Hurricane Helene and now sometimes sleeps in a bathroom stall as Old Fort, North Carolina, struggles to recover.

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Friday for ...

On Wednesday, March 12, a wildfire impacted traffic on I-40 around 4 p.m. It occurred on Old Fort Mountain near the Buncombe County line. Caption: Web NP McDowell ...

This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

Businesses in the hard-hit town of Old Fort continue to recover from Helene four months after the hurricane devastated the Western North Carolina region. Waters from Mill Creek caused major damage ...

Norfolk Southern says it expects to reopen its rail line between Buncombe County and Tennessee by the end of March.

One of Asheville's beloved breweries, Zillicoah Beer Company, has spent the last six months shuttered. Sara Martin saw years’ worth of work gone in an instant when a mudslide destroyed the crops ...

Storm debris, population growth and dry conditions are all contributing to a vicious fire season in the South.

Norfolk Southern has told the N.C. Department of Transportation that the Old Fort Loops in McDowell County will be restored after Tropical Storm Helene.

We built the property to help with the persistent housing shortage in McDowell County and to provide upscale housing to ...

Located in McDowell County, the historic set of railroad tracks known as the Old Fort Loops have long served as the only rail line connecting Asheville to the rest of North Carolina for freight ...