On Wednesday, Dec. 18, the bridge by Interstate 40’s exit 55 in Azalea reopened after almost three months after being ...

Black Mountain Fire Chief John Coffey has seen disasters before. It comes with the job. But he said Tropical Storm Helene “by far has been the hardest thing” he has had to do in his career. “It’s just ...

At the height of Tropical Storm Helene, 8 feet of water stood in the lower level of Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa. By the time owner Steve Dunning was able to get to the restaurant at around 4 p ...

SWANNANOA – It’s still hard for Kendrick Presnell to talk about the events of Sept. 27 when Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

On Friday, June 29, 1951, Harvey Hester's "HillBilly Rest-Runt" opened its doors in Oteen. Harvey, raised in Asheville and an owner of a successful Atlanta restaurant, created Hillbilly Foods Inc. to ...

Black Mountain Primary School and Black Mountain Elementary School students were able to take home boxes of groceries and toys Dec. 19. These boxes were made available by Mercy Chefs, a Virginia-based ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Nearly three months after Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina, a relief hub in Black Mountain is still seeing as many as 200 cars a day come through, their occupants ...