Farmers markets in Buncombe County open for the spring season throughout April-June, with year-round markets returning to ...

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) is investigating an alleged threat made through social media involving students ...

Permits & Inspections, Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality, and Environmental Health are currently located at 30 Valley St. and will begin the move on Monday, April 7. They will remain open to customers ...

Crews continue working to control the Freedom Farm Fire, which has burned at least 130 acres with 60% containment in ...

ASHEVILLE — The Buncombe County Fire Marshal's Office has issued an open burn ban effective at 10 a.m. March 19, due to ...

On Marc 26, at about 8 p.m., the Leicester Fire Department posted on Facebook that it was working with the West Buncombe Fire Department on the scene of a woods fire. No significant evacuations were ...

Post-Helene Public Health Survey Buncombe County Public Health is conducting a door-to-door survey about specific public health needs or trends in Buncombe County in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The ...

Camden Byers, a fifth-grade student at North Windy Ridge Intermediate, has been a part of this program since he started ...

Last year, staff at a county middle school reported inappropriate behavior by an employee. Ten months later, the Arden man pleaded guilty to a felony.

When Hurricane Helene veered towards the North Carolina mountains, Bruce Sullivan, a bus driver for Buncombe County Schools, ...

A sign outside an Asheville business on December 3, 2024. Buncombe County’s unemployment rate in January rose to 6.8% — among ...

An ex-employee of the Progressive Education Program at Valley Springs Middle School, which serves students with disabilities, pleaded guilty March 10 to taking indecent liberties with a child.