Solar Suds, a laundromat in Swannanoa, was flooded in Tropical Storm Helene. Now, the owners are looking for a way forward.

Editor’s note: Citizen Times reporter Ryley Ober kayaked about 20 miles of the Swannanoa River from Black Mountain to the French Broad River in early November to document the aftermath of Helene.

Neighbors fighting to rescue neighbors. People stuck on trees, rooftops for hours. Lives lost. The remnants of Helene in the ...

The Bourdy’s little white Edwards Avenue house backs up to U.S. 70. Beyond that, the Swannanoa River typically flows peacefully, but Tropical Storm Helene utterly shattered that peace.

which sustained some of the worst damage from flooding in the Swannanoa River. It won’t immediately provide those areas with drinkable water. Clay Chandler, spokesman for Asheville’s water ...

SWANNANOA RIVER, N.C. – The morning after Tropical Storm Helene, when fatal floodwaters had mostly receded in the Swannanoa Valley, Kristen Hicks walked through what she called “the remainder.” ...

SWANNANOA RIVER, N.C. – The morning after Tropical Storm Helene, when fatal floodwaters had mostly receded in the Swannanoa Valley, Kristen Hicks walked through what she called “the remainder.” At a ...