Though much work remains, tourism officials in Asheville want you to know that the welcome mat has been rolled out, and the city and Buncombe County could use the boost.

Bower and Murphy were in Italy when they learned about Helene’s impact. It was nearly a week before they could return to see the wreckage it left at their Biltmore ... and water, mud and mold ...

Evidence of the devastation rained down on the region by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hurricane Helene ... main entrance to Biltmore remains closed; muddy marks show just how high the water ...

Bower and Murphy were in Italy when they learned about Helene ... and water, mud and mold damage caused by an estimated 5.5 feet of floodwater from the Swannanoa River, which crested at a historic ...

If it starts serving dinner again on Jan. 31, as Mr. Wallace hopes, it will be one of the first restaurants in Asheville to reopen after taking on water on Sept. 27, when Hurricane Helene tore ...

So after Helene laid waste to Swannanoa, Biltmore ... more water, and that means we can expect more heavy rainfall events. They likely won’t be whoppers like Helene, which was a 1,000-year rainfall ...

As the pre-Helene ... never thought water would enter the building. The brewery sits about 100 feet from the river, and a berm runs along the south half of the property for flood mitigation ...