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Health officials in Buncombe County are responding to three confirmed cases of measles, while also managing ongoing outbreaks of chickenpox and whooping cough, mostly affecting children. County officials said the three measles cases involve siblings livin... See more

State health officials are tracking a measles case in Polk County, the state’s second confirmed case of the disease in 2025. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), which announced the case on Dec. 31, said the infection invol... See more

The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored — but it is not yet open to the public, according to a recent news release from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a division of the National Trust for Historic Preser... See more

Buncombe County’s primary emergency alert system is offline after a cyberattack on OnSolve CodeRED, the third-party vendor that operates BCAlerts. The county announced the outage in a Tuesday news release, saying the breach may have exposed user informati... See more

Fire crews were responding to two wildfires in Buncombe County Thursday afternoon, as dry and windy conditions raised fire danger across Western North Carolina, according to county officials. The Enka Candler Fire Department and the North Carolina Forest ... See more