EMOTIONAL REUNION AS PART OF LAKE LURE RAINBOW BRIDGE RECOVERED. In the wake of the storm, Amy Wald started cleaning and ...

Once, there were very different plans for this mountain land — one of the largest swaths of private forestland remaining in ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. — While clearing a lake bed at Lake Lure, contractor Leyon Kerklin made an unexpected discovery — a dog ...

The day Helene blew through the Hickory Nut Gorge, the anxiety mounted. Photographer Calvin Sneed of Chattanooga, Tennessee, worried about a place close to his heart. “And all of the sudden pictures ...

On the road from Chimney Rock to Lake Lure, years of work and care transformed an abandoned bridge into a garden oasis. Hurricane Helene wiped all that away. On the road from Chimney Rock to Lake Lure ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Damage from Hurricane Helene has left many western North Carolina communities devastated. Lake Lure, North Carolina is among the most decimated towns across the state. Debris covered ...

Lake Lure has been closed and drained since Tropical Storm Helene struck in September. The lake is set to reopen by spring to allow collegiate athletes to train on it. Army Corps of Engineers work on ...

Western North Carolina has hosted the casts and crews of plenty of famous movies over the years, from "The Hunger Games" to "The Last of the Mohicans." Now, a site with connections to the 1987 classic ...

LAKE LURE - Families, friends and first responders spilled out of ... Morse Park’s iconic lakeside gazebo for their wedding venue, as temporary debris staging sites at the park begin to wane and its ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. To say Lake Lure has seen better summer days would be an understatement, a year after Hurricane Helene damaged the lake known for its ...

LAKE LURE - Families, friends and first responders spilled out of Roosevelt Hall in Lake Lure Sept. 27. A crowd was packed inside, shoulder to shoulder, just as they’d carried each other through ...