The reopening provides needed encouragement to those in adjoining Chimney Rock Village, where a third of the hamlet’s ...

In Asheville and other parts of Western North Carolina, tourism-related outlets are still fighting to survive the summer.

Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Helene devastated the area. Local officials celebrated the ...

Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Helene devastated the area. Local officials celebrated the recovery milestone last week.

The storm destroyed the entrance to the state park — a bridge flanked by two stone gatehouses — along with a third of the businesses in Chimney Rock Village, with all others impacted and left closed.