One North Carolina GOP national committeeman, whose family has lived on Lake Lure for generations, recounts how the tourist ...

Meanwhile 82 Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the ...

The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 121 across ...

Many are still unaccounted for in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Here's groups and phone numbers to try and find ...

The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.

The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...

Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...

Lake Lure has received additional help from the U.S. Coast Guard. Cell service and internet access in the town have improved.

Rescue crews helped save more than 150 people in Chimney Rock by Saturday night. It's unclear how many others are missing.

Helene roared ashore late Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane, with 140 mph winds. A weakened ...

When Helene swept through western North Carolina late last week, the rain fell heavy and fast enough to start washing away ...

Desperate residents isolated by washed-out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined ...