BPR
Thursday, June 4, 2026
- Water quality monitoring gets underway for WNC rivers
- A GOP Jackson County elections board member said he was warned against voting for a campus polling site
- Buncombe commissioners approve record county budget, tax increases
- $25M awarded for recycling infrastructure in post-Helene WNC
- USDA awards Buncombe County a $36 million grant for streambank restoration
- Asheville launches $14.6 million grant program for small businesses recovering from Helene
- Former Asheville Mall JCPenney to potentially convert into Buncombe County emergency center
- At the first Asheville mayor debate, Roney and Manheimer clash over transparency and surveillance
- Major sustainable manufacturing company expands in Henderson County
- Asheville seeks public input on new city bus map
- Patient on psychiatric hold dies by suicide in Mission Hospital emergency department
- Asheville residents weigh in on city budget
- Memorial Day weekend deluge hits Henderson hard: Washing out roads, flooding homes
- As Asheville weighs more HUD funds for Helene home repairs, nonprofits urge another path
- Inside the $2B effort to rebuild I-40 after Hurricane Helene
- Once stripped from the landscape, rivercane is returning to WNC as a climate solution
- Swannanoa and Rosman get state funding to hold back future floodwaters
- Buncombe to seek $70M in bonds for affordable housing, land conservation on November ballot
- FEMA approved a $25 million water upgrade for Asheville. The city needs about $260 million more to prepare for the next disaster.
- In search of life’s diversity: In the Smokies, volunteer scientists document species old and new
- Asheville Regional Airport opens new rental car facility
- HCA CEO says he regularly travels to Asheville to visit area leaders. Elected officials say they haven’t met him
- Lake Lure to reopen this weekend after a 20-month recovery
- House Ethics Committee confirms it’s investigating Rep. Chuck Edwards for alleged sexual harassment
- In Canton, Gov. Stein calls for more federal funding for water infrastructure post-Helene
- Community frustration grows around IPEX's post-Helene plastic pollution in the French Broad River
- Asheville Council accepts police tech funding, hears budget proposal
- After rebuilding in WNC, Ukrainian newcomer fears being uprooted again
- Saluda Grade Trail organizers share latest updates at Spring Forum
- FEMA greenlights more than 140 buyouts in Buncombe County