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Eight months after Hurricane Helene swept through Chimney Rock, the tourist town still isn't ready to welcome summer visitors ...
The popular North Carolina state park will open exactly nine months after the remnants of Hurricane Helene washed out bridges ...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Driving through Lake Lure and Chimney Rock is a sobering reminder of the long road remaining for ...
The state park, nestled 25 miles outside of Asheville in Rutherford County, was one of 13 that was shut down after the storm, ...
CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — After nine long months of recovery, Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park is set to reopen to the ...
The NC Department of Transportation has built a temporary road between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. The permanent highway may ...
Chimney Rock State Park and the Chimney Rock attraction in Western North Carolina will reopen June 27, the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and N.C. State Parks announced Friday. Why ...
A landslide and flash flooding forced the closure of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee–North Carolina state line, halting ...
Admission is $17 for adults and $8 for children 5 to 15. Chimney Rock is one of two state parks still closed in Western North Carolina because of Helene, both because of lack of access.
Of the hundreds of North Carolina roads damaged by the remnants ... of highway in Hickory Nut Gorge between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. The raging Rocky Broad River carried away trees, homes ...