The Buncombe County fire marshal issued an open burning ban on Wednesday, March 19, due to extreme fire danger conditions.

Though the U.S. Forest Service announced the containment of most NC National Forest wildfires, serious fire risks caused by the weather remain.

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

Though wildfires across Western North Carolina are slowly being contained ... the National Weather Service are both in effect in Buncombe County and across much of WNC, with the agency warning ...