Asheville officials and construction contractors held a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to expand and upgrade the Mills ...

ASHEVILLE - From a vantage ... The first fusegate was designed to break out at just over a 1,000-year storm event. In order for all fusegates to let go causing a dam failure, a 50,000-year storm ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Asheville city officials said crews are responding to a water main break Tuesday morning. According to the city, water resource crews were called to a high ...

ASHEVILLE - City staff has been closely watching the water level in the North Fork Reservoir to determine if they needed to release water from the dam, said city water resources director David Melton.

The dam did not completely break down. However ... “This is the highest stage observed for the French Broad River at Asheville since measurements began in October 1895,” an alert from the ...

A crisis unfolded in Asheville, North Carolina ... There was a "hoax" that a dam was in danger of failing, which prompted unnecessary evacuations of hundreds of people and diverted the attention ...

Asheville Water said it has inspected the dam several times since Helene and confirmed some repairs need to be made but it is “not in any immediate danger of failing”.

Water levels near dams can rise or fall unexpectedly due to dam operations. Be prepared to move to safer areas if necessary. ...

N.C. — A mandatory evacuation has been issued near Balsam Road in Asheville. The flooding of a lake with a dam at Camp Crestridge for Girls caused the mandatory evacuation order. The evacuation ...