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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western North Carolina's Chimney Rock Village, while still recovering from the catastrophic flooding and devastation of Hurricane ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolina transportation officials are celebrating work on a major highway that runs ...

The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, on the shop’s mud-splattered front door, ...

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene reopened to the public on Friday, nine months after the storm brought ...

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — Nine months after Helene devastated parts of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, state parks are working to open back up, including Chimney Rock State Park. The park will ...

Chimney Rock State Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty, nestled within the mountains in Western North Carolina. Famous for its 500-million-year-old monument, a huge outcrop with views ...

Twelve months ago, the town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, was mostly wiped out by flood waters and mudslides resulting from over 10 to 20 inches of rain dumped by Hurricane Helene. Yet the historic ...