Firefighters are battling a 20-acre blaze near the Rutherford County village of Chimney Rock that ignited on New Year's Eve, officials announced.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES EXPIRED IN THE NEW YEAR. TONIGHT, A WILDFIRE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO BURN AS CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN IT. THE LAKE LURE FIRE STARTED LAST NIGHT. TODAY, WE’RE ...

Lake Lure is the kind of place where time seems to loosen its grip. The lake itself stretches calm and glassy, mountains lean close like patient guardians, and the town carries a weekend ease even on ...

LURE. TRACY STEVENS SAYS SHE RODE OUT THE STORM AT THE LAKE LURE INN. SHE HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE SHE WOULD FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY HOME. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE ...

Lake Lure restoration targets Oct. 31, 2025 for basin and shoreline repair. Full lake refill and public reopening projected for May 1, 2026. Lake Lure Beach Building set for summer 2026 reopening ...

A Western North Carolina landmark once thought to be lost is now getting a second life. The Town of Lake Lure will receive more than $2.5 million in FEMA funds to rebuild the Lake Lure Flowering ...

Lake Lure has been closed and drained since Tropical Storm Helene struck in September. The lake is set to reopen by spring to allow collegiate athletes to train on it. Army Corps of Engineers work on ...

CHIMNEY ROCK—On Tuesday morning, August 26, the North Carolina Department of Transportation hosted a media tour, beginning at the Lake Lure Inn, to highlight ongoing reconstruction efforts in Chimney ...

Recently, my new favorite thing to do is drive to a small town’s downtown section and eat a meal at a local restaurant. Not a chain, of course, but some locally owned, long-time-at-the-same-location ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. -- Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene's devastating pathway through western North Carolina, a vibrant tourist attraction offering visitors a serene escape in the Blue Ridge Mountains ...

What’s left of a beloved Western North Carolina landmark – damaged beyond repair during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene – will soon be removed. The town of Lake Lure announced on its Facebook page ...