A combined $4.65 million in state Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grants has been provided to 13 Triad and northwest North Carolina projects ... Davie County for Lake Louise Park acquisition ...

Mary Louise (MaryLou) Hurley, 80, formerly of Long Branch, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in Long Branch and raised in Allenhurst ...

The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.

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The scene from Lake Lure was described as "post-apocalyptic” and the result of “a moving blender that was just tearing ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

Residents walk the roads of a battered western North Carolina, surveying the devastation wrought by Helene ...

spokesman for the NC Department of Environmental Quality. “The structure remained intact following the storm,” Kastrinsky said in an email. “Water caused erosion on both sides of the dam abutments but ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...

As Helene weakens, the now-tropical storm's strong winds and heavy rain continue to wreak havoc across the Southeast U.S., including in North Carolina ... overtopping the Lake Lure Dam, according ...

Officials in Weaverville held an update on Sunday morning to discuss operations as residents remain without water or power in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.