The N.C. Department of Transportation will temporarily close a section of MacGregor Downs Road in Pitt County.A stretch of ...

Multiple Buncombe County crews are battling a 15-acre wildfire in the Broad River community along N.C. 9 on Feb. 28, ...

"The good news is thanks to the great work of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the ... a Feb. 12 event coordinated by the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, Highway ...

On Feb. 24, a jury in Buncombe County Superior Court found a Leicester woman guilty of setting the blazes and a string of related charges, according to a news release from District Attorney Todd ...

The Wednesday, Feb. 26, Buncombe County Helene ... To open the briefing, county officials thanked the North Carolina Department of Transportation for their hard work in reopening the Whitson ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Another $500 million would be spent toward Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina in legislation the ... Lindsey Prather of Buncombe County said. "But we are ...

TRANSPORTATION LEADERS SAY THE BRIDGE ... A large-scale drug trafficking organization has been busted in Buncombe County, North Carolina, according to the sheriff's office. Investigators with ...

As it worked to replace bridges destroyed by Helene, the N.C. Department of Transportation has ... Road bridge over Ivy Creek in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The temporary bridge opened ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said major repairs on the Whitson Avenue Bridge in Swannanoa, N.C., are complete, allowing for its reopening on Wednesday, Feb. 26. NCDOT said in a news ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office reports a woman was sentenced for setting fire to multiple historic barns and structures in multiple ...