Completed in 1879 by prison labor, the tunnel helped bring trains to the Blue Ridge Mountains and open up Western North ...

A song performed for decades by white musicians began as a work song by Black men building the Western North Carolina ...

Buncombe County lost more residents than any other North Carolina county in the year ending last June 30, according to US ...

Norfolk Southern will soon send trains up the Old Fort Loops, which climb the Eastern Continental Divide in the Blue Ridge ...

A new store selling feed, seed, produce and more has opened in Swannanoa. Papaw's Place held its grand opening March 14 and a ...

SWANNANOA, North Carolina (WLOS) — A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that five area small-town post offices in Western North Carolina will not reopen in their current ...

Savor the Flavor is a new event from the Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce. It will take place March 22-28 at ...

SWANNANOA- From clothing to food, medicine and books, a supply center popped up in the front yard of a home along Old U.S. 70, amid rubble of houses and businesses. On the afternoon of Nov. 15, ...

SHOWER HERE: North Carolina helped set up a comfort station at Owen Pool in Swannanoa on Oct. 23 after Tropical Storm Helene. The station provided showers, bathrooms, laundry facilities, potable water ...

Ingles is taking the next step toward rebuilding its Swannanoa location. On Wednesday, the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment granted the grocery giant a special use permit for the site, which was ...

Before it closed indefinitely, the Swannanoa post office was a regular stop for resident Tissica Schoch. She mailed checks for work and shipped off unique handmade quilts for friends across the ...