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Helene flooding reshaped Chimney Rock's Main Street, satellite imagery shows
As businesses, homeowners and volunteers continue to remove muck and debris left behind from Helene's historic flooding in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, new satellite images reveal how the flooding reshaped the community southeast of Asheville.
Piece of Rainbow Bridge in Lake Lure has been found
LAKE LURE, N.C. — A piece of the beloved original Rainbow Bridge has been found!. The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge posted an update on its Facebook page and said that a portion of the Rainbow Bridge had been retrieved from a lake. The Pollinator, Swing, and River’s Edge Dog...
A homeless mayor and waterlogged downtown: Chimney Rock picks up the pieces after Helene
CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — For nearly two centuries, a natural wonder called Chimney Rock has stood sentry over the tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains that bears its name. Now, in the wake of Hurricane Helene, it looks down upon miles and miles of devastation. Walking down what’s...
Chimney Rock shop owner finds new location, hope through kindness, month after Helene
A month after the Rocky Broad River decimated his Chimney Rock shop, a thousand-dollar pile of inventory remains in Frank Plichta’s driveway, caked in mud. As water dries, a haze forms on some of the hand-cleaned merchandise, waiting to be displayed at a new store in Forest City, also in Rutherford County. “It looks...
Lake Lure, Chimney Rock still reeling from historic storm
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Nearly four weeks after Hurricane Helene pummeled the North Carolina mountain region, the devastating effects are still being felt in the towns of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. Silt is still visible everywhere and pockets of cell service are scarce. Lake Lure Town Commissioner Jim Proctor said residents […]
Pardee’s Chief Medical Officer recounts experience of Tropical Storm Helene
As the Chief Medical Officer at Pardee UNC Health Care, Dr. Gregory McCarty’s work mostly consists of administrative tasks, but he still tends to patients one or two days per month. On the morning of Fri., Sept. 27, when Tropical Storm Helene was bearing down on Western North Carolina, he was scheduled for a shift in the emergency department. ...
Biltmore Village restaurant faces extensive rebuild after Helene flooding brought ceiling-high water
The owners of the Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village, a neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina, are working to put the pieces back together after the restaurant was devastated by Hurricane Helene's flooding.
Mills River considering zoning change that would affect nearly half of the town
The Mills River Town Council is considering rezoning property located in the south and west portion of the town as “rural residential,” a change that would require single-family homes to be more spaced out than under current regulations and limit the ways that land can be used for commercial and industrial purposes. The council will hold a legislative public hearing Thursday, October 24 to hear public comment on the matter. In 2021, the town adopted the Making...
Helene death toll in North Carolina rises to 97
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – The death toll in North Carolina has risen to 97 as of Thursday morning, according to new data provided by the North Carolina State Department of Health and Human Services. Victim’s ages range from 4 to 97. Earlier this week officials in Buncombe County announced that death tolls they had […]
Cash reward offered for information about guns stolen after Hurricane Helene
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced on Tuesday a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of people who stole guns from a licensed firearms dealer in Asheville after Hurricane Helene.
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