In 1950 the Buncombe school board looked at modernizing Clearview Elementary that only had three classrooms, potbelly stoves ...

Black Mountain's damage inventory, submitted to FEMA, totaled more than $27 million across approximately 32 projects.

Burgin, a Swannanoa resident who owns a home in Beacon Village, said he was awake around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 27, reading everything he could on the storm that was barreling its way through Western ...

On March 9, 1925, the first bank in the town of Swannanoa opened with large fanfare, handing out carnations to women and cigars to men in celebration. Backed by Beacon, the Swannanoa Bank & Trust ...