Four North Carolina state parks have reopened more than 50 days after Hurricane Helene devastated the region. The state ...

Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a journey to Lake Chicot State Park.

Rendezvous Mountain in Wilkes County is one of five state parks in western North Carolina that will reopen ... Stone Mountain, Chimney Rock, Lake James, Mount Mitchell and South Mountains.

It’ll be some time before “explorers” can get back into other area parks. Chimney Rock in Rutherford County, Mount Mitchell ...

Lake James remains at flood level, so Paddy’s Creek beach, picnic areas, fishing piers and Hidden Cove boat ramp will also ...

Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes and Alleghany counties will reopen for day use only on Friday, Nov. 15, after being closed since Sept. 27 for cleanup after Tropical Storm ...

Elk Knob, Lake James, New River, and Stone Mountain state parks will reopen at least partially on Nov. 15, the Division of Parks and Recreation announced. These parks have been closed entirely since ...

The NC Division of Parks and Recreation has announced Elk Knob, Lake James, New River and Stone Mountain state parks will partially open to the public on Nov. 15, These ...

Five state parks reopened on Friday after being closed for Helene cleanup, North Carolina State Parks and Recreation ...

Uchiyama went on to state the following in an email detailing road work around Chimney Rock and Bat Cave: Crews from Divisions 13 and 14 created some of the first connections — ATV paths — to ...

North Carolina rescue helps black cats haunted by unlucky reputation “The water lines were at least six feet up inside the shop,” said Amanda Price, who works for Gale’s Chimney Rock Shop.

Chimney Rock, a village that the U.S. Census estimates to be home to about 140 people, was one of the most devastated municipalities when Helene bashed Western North Carolina on Sept. 27.