After Helene, can NC businesses and tourist sites restore ‘the magic of Asheville’?
Hurricane Helene raged through western North Carolina, destroying homes, local businesses and thriving tourist areas from ...
Symbol of hope: American flag raised at Chimney Rock as western NC faces unimaginable challenges
In the wake of Storm Helene's devastating flooding in North Carolina, recovery efforts are underway across the region. As ...
‘There’s nothing there’: The beloved town of Chimney Rock, N.C., is virtually gone
Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely cut off from the outside world for days after Helene.
‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street
Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...