SWANNANOA – It’s still hard for Kendrick Presnell to talk about the events of Sept. 27 when Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

On Friday, June 29, 1951, Harvey Hester's "HillBilly Rest-Runt" opened its doors in Oteen. Harvey, raised in Asheville and an owner of a successful Atlanta restaurant, created Hillbilly Foods Inc. to ...

Black Mountain Primary School and Black Mountain Elementary School students were able to take home boxes of groceries and toys Dec. 19. These boxes were made available by Mercy Chefs, a Virginia-based ...