The DRC will be open daily beginning Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will provide federal, state and local resources for county residents as they apply for FEMA assistance from the aftermath of ...

Damage assessments conducted across about one third of the county found that nearly 1,000 structures were either destroyed or sustained major damage when Tropical Storm Helene hit Henderson County, ...

Testing is only needed if you believe the storm flooded or damaged your well. A flooded well is where water has risen over the top of the well at any point during the storm. Any well that sustained ...

When he heard about “Mary from Virginia,” a faithful disaster relief volunteer at Etowah Elementary School, schools Superintendent Mark Garrett assumed Mary was a transplant from the commonwealth to ...

The Henderson County League of Women Voters has moved a Henderson County School Board candidate forum to Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 409 East Patterson St., off Kanuga Road, because of flooding ...

Our crews are hard at work clearing downed trees and debris from roads and trails throughout the Pisgah National Forest, and we need the public to stay off the forest until we can complete this work,” ...

This waiver does not apply to permits required by other agencies, including the N.C. Division of Air Quality or a local fire marshal’s office. Never burn on a dry, windy day. Never leave your fire ...

Henderson County will accept sealed proposals for comprehensive disaster recovery management services until 4:00 p.m. E.D.T., October 23, 2024, at the Henderson County Finance Department, 113 North ...

The order covers Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancey counties.

More than 2,000 NCDOT personnel and contractors from across the state are working in Western North Carolina to reopen roads, clear debris and make repairs to damaged infrastructure.