The lake is closed for the season, officials say. But the town of Lake Lure is open. And they are ready for visitors to come ...

Lake Lure is a tourism-based town 30 miles southeast of Asheville in Rutherford County ... but it is also home to Chimney Rock State Park, which drew more than 400,000 visitors in 2023 alone.

As Tropical Storm Helen dumped more than 20 inches of rain into the Lake Lure watershed, how did the town's nearly century ...

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CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — Nearly seven months after Hurricane Helene tore through the small mountain town of Chimney Rock, the ...