Local officials, NCDOT and state parks representatives weigh in on progress in Chimney Rock, a small WNC village, eight ...

Take the adventure underground and paddle through the calm waters of the abandoned limestone mines hidden beneath the strikingly beautiful Red River Gorge.

After devastating floods last year, many Western NC mountain towns are open for business and need your dollars. Here’s where ...

About a half-hour from Boone, Banner Elk has made progress in cleaning debris carried by the flooded Elk River ... pour into the Linville Gorge as seen from the Chimney View overlook in Newland.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story included Wolfe County Search and Rescue. They were canceled from the call. The error has been corrected. (Jan. 17, 2024 ...

No highway follows the river here—only a narrow one-lane road that passes quiet riverside camps. Twistabout Creek (red pointing finger ... that circumvents the twists in the Elk River." A chimney rock ...

THAT’S HOW THE MAYOR OF CHIMNEY ROCK IS DESCRIBING THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY ... AND JUST DOWN THE RIVER, A SIGHT UNFAMILIAR TO MANY AS LAKE LURE SITS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY FOR CLEANUP, THE ...