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Parts of western North Carolina remain off-limits to tourists as the recovery from Helene continues. But other mountain communities are eager to welcome fall visitors to help keep their small ...

Buncombe County—home to Asheville, the largest city in Western North Carolina that was hit especially hard—saw only 3.83 percent of its voters participate on the first day of early voting ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — WFMY News 2 sent teams out to several counties across Western North Carolina to grasp the scale of the damage Hurricane Helene caused to the area. Below, you'll find videos ...

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South Carolina Upstate. The largest fires in WNC were in the the Black Cove Complex in Polk and Henderson counties ...