Conserving Carolina purchased land for future trails on Buffalo Shoals Road. This property will be an anchor for trails on ...

Officials are draining the water from Lake Lure to remove sediment and debris, revealing historic objects embedded in the dry ...

Triple Falls, in DuPont State Recreational Forest, is quintessential, a waterfall’s waterfall: roaring, dramatic, picturesque ...

The clean-up effort around North Carolina’s Lake Lure has uncovered long-lost relics including a 1920s Model T-style truck ...

NC state lawmakers passed another disaster relief bill June 26 to aid WNC recovery in the aftermath of Helene, signed by Gov.

Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Helene devastated the area. Local officials celebrated the ...

The clean-up effort around North Carolina’s Lake Lure has uncovered long-lost relics including a 1920s Model T-style truck and a 32-foot wooden boat named "Pooh Bear." ...

How to the get there: Hickory Nut Falls is in Chimney Rock State Park, off U.S. 74A outside Lake Lure. U.S. 64/74A — the shortest route from Asheville to Chimney Rock — is still closed to all ...

Hurricane Helene in 2024 was classified as a category 4 storm with winds noted to be up to 140 miles per hour (220 kilometers ...

LAKE LURE, North Carolina (Reuters) -When Hurricane Helene's flood waters slammed into Lake Lure's century-old dam last September, gouging a massive scar into one embankment and cascading five ...