The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to build a temporary bridge across the Rocky Broad River to provide access to Chimney Rock State Park. The bridge, shown here, will allow the state to ...

Thanks to work by NCDOT, a new stretch of Highway 9 from Bat Cave to Chimney Rock is a thrill for locals now that the road is ...

For 69 years crowds of people have spent Easter morning at Chimney Rock State Park, watching the sun rise over Lake Lure ...

A new stretch of N.C. Highway 9 makes Chimney Rock and Lake Lure more accessible for local residents and summer tourists.

Chimney Rock Village, a tourism-based town about 30 miles southeast of Asheville in Rutherford County, saw severe devastation after ... has been closed since Helene wreaked havoc across Western North ...

House Bill 537 — dubbed "Alena's Law" — would allow someone who disappears during a disaster to be presumed dead 90 days after it strikes. Greene said the legislation simplifies the court proceedings ...

Chimney Rock is one of two state parks that remain closed in Western North Carolina because of Helene ... South Mountains State Park in Burke County was also closed for months.

A major stretch of road is back open in Western North Carolina after being damaged ... the connector between Chimney Rock and Bat Cave. The pavement stretches for more than two and a half miles.

CHIMNEY ROCK & BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS ... as well as any visitor coming from I-26 who drives through Henderson County on US-64 into Bat Cave. The new stretch will also allow anyone ...