Hundreds of Buncombe County residents are rallying to keep thousands of acres from potential logging in Big Ivy's old growth forests, petitioning the county to take action. Residents flooded the ...

BIG LAKE — A property owner’s application to log land uphill from Big Lake is leading residents who live below the site to fear such logging may lead to flooding. Throughout the years, and most ...

New federal laws could “lock up” timber land for decades at a time, raising concerns big companies could elbow out smaller competitors and that timber revenue for counties could be delayed for years.