Western Carolina University’s health and human services building was evacuated and placed on lockdown Thursday after a “hazardous materials incident,” an official at the North Carolina ...

The building was evacuated and locked down. The State of North Carolina’s Rapid Response Team 6 of Asheville was requested to assist the responding units in determining the cause of the incident.

Western Carolina University held a groundbreaking Friday for the Tom Apodaca Science Building, named for the former Republican state senator and WCU alumnus. The ceremony was attended by about a ...