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Friday, March 28, 2025, is a code ORANGE air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and Buncombe County. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Children, active adults, and those ...

Code yellow and code orange air quality days expected from smoke creating bad air quality at times through Saturday in the ...

WELL, WE HAVE A FEW MORE AIR QUALITY ALERTS TODAY THAN WE DID YESTERDAY ... COMING UP NEXT ON WYFF NEWS FOUR TODA Police in Asheville, North Carolina, are debunking information about fentanyl ...

Four WNC counties have made adjustments to their spring sports schedules for Friday due to poor air quality and multiple ...

We spoke with a doctor at Bon Secours about the health risks posed by wildfire smoke and the high pollen levels we're seeing ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Cruso, North Carolina, grew to at least 400 acres and is sending smoke to nearby Asheville. Air quality in Asheville and Flat Rock in North Carolina dropped into the ...

At the Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, 14 probationary employees have been terminated. More ...

Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office are working to identify two people after fraudulent activity was ...

referencing about three dozen protestors who were outside the VA along Tunnel Road in East Asheville, voicing their opposition to the planned cuts. Diana Eubanks, an Air Force veteran who retired ...