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Experts Find Rare Artifacts Beneath North Carolina's Lure Lake After Hurricane Helene's Impact
Hurricane Helene in 2024 was classified as a category 4 storm with winds noted to be up to 140 miles per hour (220 kilometers ...
Chasing waterfalls: Iconic Western NC spots for cooling down, sightseeing this summer
Triple Falls, in DuPont State Recreational Forest, is quintessential, a waterfall’s waterfall: roaring, dramatic, picturesque ...
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Chimney Rock State Park is open: An 'economic engine' for areas of Western NC
Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Helene devastated the area. Local officials celebrated the ...
Lake Lure prepares for a quieter Fourth of July as drained lake impacts holiday tourism
After Lake Lure was drained to remove Hurricane Helene debris, the town isn't expecting nearly the same number of visitors ...
Volunteers help rebuild North Carolina homes 10 months after Hurricane Helene
Beacon Village, a neighborhood in Swannanoa, North Carolina, is seeing progress with some neighbors finally able to move into ...
Little relief after Helene took their house. FEMA? Insurance? ‘They forgot us.’
Bob and Edwina Tatum lost their house when Hurricane Helene carried it down the North Toe River, and they are living with ...
Asheville nonprofit rebuilds homes, hope, and community in Helene's aftermath
SWANNANOA, N.C. (WLOS) — The nonprofit, BeLoved Asheville, is continuing to be pivotal in Western North Carolina’s Helene ...
NC House proposes spending plan with raises, rejects Senate’s Helene changes
It wasn’t until yesterday, as the shot clock was running out on this session, that they finally decided to vote out a version ...
Home to an iconic NC attraction reopens after Hurricane Helene's devastation
An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene has reopened to the public, nine months after ...