Mother nature has ripped apart a town where hundreds of thousands of people come to visit its iconic state park. Much of Chimney Rock's downtown area is washed out. And the power of floodwater ...

Chimney Rock merchants are feeling the support of strangers, as volunteers are driving to the remote, devastated village on ...

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 ...

LAKE LURE - Chimney Rock Mayor Peter O'Leary said the village is on its way to entering a rebuilding phase in the downtown area. Yet some five weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck Western ...

O’Leary said he was away on vacation when the storm struck and when he finally made it back to Chimney Rock he found himself suddenly homeless. He lived just across the street from his store. So ...

Further up, the bridge leading up to Chimney Rock State Park is being rebuilt – the road beyond it is indistinguishable from the river. For most of the small business owners along Chimney Rock ...

At Chimney Rock’s peak is a large granite outcropping, which the village is notoriously known for. There lies an American flag, which was wiped away during Helene’s impact. State park ...

Power is slowly but surely being restored in Rutherford County. At its peak, outages topped 1.1 million. Thousands of line workers are pulling 16-hour days working around the clock to get power ...

On Saturday, their main objective was clearing mud and debris from homes and stores along the Broad River in Chimney Rock. "I keep telling ... they’re leaving the state, but they want to ...

During a special-called meeting, Village leaders offered updates on cleaning and road repairs. Chimney Rock is taking a step in the right direction, according to Mayor Peter O'Leary. He and village ...

Melinda Carter, owner of The Main Street Deli, said her business “went into the river,” making a slurping sound and a sideways diving motion.