LAKE LURE - Chimney Rock Mayor Peter O'Leary said the village is on its way to entering a rebuilding phase in the downtown ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...