REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE NEXT MONTH. WELL, NINE MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE, THERE ARE MORE SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FEDERAL, STATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE ...

LAKE LURE, NC (WSPA) – The allure of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock brought tens of thousands of tourists to western North Carolina every year for decades. While Helene left both places in shambles, in a ...

Chimney Rock State Park will reopen to the public on Friday, June 27, exactly nine months after Hurricane Helene crushed the region. It’s a big step in western North Carolina’s recovery from Helene.

Cars rolled across a brand-new temporary bridge into Chimney Rock State Park on Friday, ending a nine-month shutdown that had choked the tourism lifeline of this mountain hamlet and much of western ...

TIMING FOR YOUR TOWN. SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS. THAT’S HOW THE MAYOR OF CHIMNEY ROCK IS DESCRIBING THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER HURRICANE HELENE TODAY. OUR NATE STANLEY GOT AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE ...

CHIMNEY ROCK – Images of Bubba O’Leary’s General Store collapsed in mud and silt in the middle of the town’s main street became a symbol of the widespread devastation across Western North Carolina ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Chimney Rock State Park will reopen June 27 via a new temporary access bridge. Main Street businesses remain closed, with most under ...

Chimney Rock State Park has reopened to the public exactly nine months after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and local leaders cut the ...