CHIMNEY ROCK – Images of Bubba O’Leary’s General Store collapsed in mud and silt in the middle of the town’s main street became a symbol of the widespread devastation across Western North Carolina ...

The quaint, picturesque village of Chimney Rock that was crushed by Hurricane Helene is getting a makeover. A complete recovery will take years, but the process is something that residents feel called ...

Chimney Rock Village is making great strides nearly 11 months after Hurricane Helene nearly wiped the tourist town off the map. Many shops along Main Street are open, and the village is now welcoming ...

A year after remnants of Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina, News & Observer and Charlotte Observer photographers returned to counties where they documented devastating destruction after Helene’s ...