Local Updates

Public officials are holding news briefings each day at 11 a.m. The briefings are streamed live on the Buncombe County Facebook Page and broadcasted on Blue Ridge Public Radio 88.1 FM. You can also listen on the iHeart radio stations including 99.9, 104.3, 105.1, 105.9, 96.5, 98.1, 105.5 and 97.3 (Spanish) and 570 AM.

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Road conditions

For the latest road conditions, download WAZE on your mobile device: Android or IOS

Social Media Updates

COA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityofAsheville/
COA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityofasheville/

Buncombe County Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buncombeGov/
Buncombe County Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buncombecounty/

ACS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AVLCitySchools/
ACS Instargam: https://www.instagram.com/avlcityschools/?hl=en

ACSF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ACSFound/
ACSF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acsf828/?hl=en

Community Care Stations

Community Care Stations are set up across Buncombe County, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily, offering hot showers, laundry, wi-fi, bathrooms, charging stations, water and meals. All amenities are free to the public. Please bring your own towels and toiletries for showering. All locations now have ADA accessible shower and restrooms.

Community Care Station Locations: 

  • At Home Store (Parking Lot), 980 Brevard Rd. 

  • Big Lots/Innsbruck Mall, 85 Tunnel Rd. 

  • Buncombe County Sports Park, 85 Apac Dr. 

  • Bethel United Methodist, 1050 Riceville Rd. 

  • Fairview Ingles, 225 Charlotte Hwy. 

  • Owen Pool, 117 Stone Dr.

  • Swannanoa Ingles, 2319 US Hwy 70 

  • Morgan Hill Baptist Church, 594 Barnardsville Hwy

Food and Water Distribution

View map of relief distribution

Food, bottled drinking water, and bulk water for flushing (please bring your own containers, like ½ gallon buckets and water totes) are being distributed throughout the area. Please see below the City of Asheville and Buncombe County at the locations and times: 

  • Sky Lanes Bowling Alley, 1477 Patton Avenue, Asheville – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

  • Black Mountain Ingles, 550 NC-9, Black Mountain, 28711 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

  • Ingles, 225 Charlotte Highway, Asheville, 28803 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

  • Swannanoa Ingles, 2299 US 70, Swannanoa – 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

  • Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Road, Asheville – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. (no bulk water for flushing)

  • Pack Square Park, 70 Court Plaza – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

  • Buncombe County Sports Park, 58 Apac Dr., Candler – 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

  • 980 Brevard Rd in the At Home store parking lot – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

  • 85 Tunnel Rd in the Innsbruck shopping center parking lot – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

FEMA Disaster Recovery Center 

A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), where you can receive support from FEMA and the Small Business Center, is now open at Asheville Mall (3 S. Tunnel Rd), 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Information provided by the City of Asheville. More information can be found at https://www.ashevillenc.gov/helene/.