OFFICIALS SAY IT CO Fishermen found a body in the French Broad River Sunday that was covered in debris and mud, according to the Woodfin Police Department. Police said the men were fishing along ...

To help bring people and jobs back, Mountain True leads quest to pull jumbles of debris from Western North Carolina’s once-pristine river.

Floodplains along the French Broad River naturally soak up stormwater and provide a home for wildlife. But over time, ditches and berms have changed the land, separating the floodplain from the river.