LAKE LURE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A North Carolina town is working to re-open a parking hiking trail that was damaged by Helene. Chimney Rock State Park was closed after the storm. The Town of Lake ...

Conserving Carolina purchased 49 acres near Lake Lure to develop a future section of the Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail. The acquired land will be an anchor point for the eastern section of the trail ...

Officials with the town of Lake Lure on Thursday announced they are removing a popular western North Carolina landmark. According to a Facebook post from the town, the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge will ...

All North Carolina state parks are at least partially open following damage from Tropical Storm Helene. Mount Mitchell State Park reopened on September 15, though some facilities like the restaurant ...

Conserving Carolina has purchased 483 acres of mountain land, completing a 2,669-acre protected wilderness near Chimney Rock State Park. The land was originally slated for a luxury housing development ...

Thousands of acres of “incredible habitat” near Lake Lure in Rutherford and McDowell counties are set to be protected and opened to the public, part of a planned forest corridor connecting public ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. (WSPA) — In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the town of Lake Lure has become the stage for one of the largest disaster recovery missions in the state. The United States Army Corps of ...

ASHEVILLE - The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge, a beloved landmark, will be taken down. The historic structure, built in 1925, sustained severe damage during Tropical Storm Helene. It was inundated with ...

FLOOD FALLOUT: Tropical Storm Helene’s flooding from three converging rivers overtopped and buckled the 100-year-old Flowering Bridge, causing irreversible damage. Photo courtesy of the Lake Lure ...