LAKE LURE - From his home's lakeside vantage point, on the morning Tropical Storm Helene reached Western North Carolina, Mayor Pro Tem Dave DiOrio watched as the dam's arches overtopped. It was ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. — Lake Lure has a projected reopening date nearly a year after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Like many parts of Western North Carolina, Lake Lure was severely damaged in the ...

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 ...

The Lake Lure community is preserving and beautifying what it can of the area surrounding the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge ...

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 ...

Conserving Carolina purchased 49 acres near Lake Lure to develop a future section of the Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail. The acquired land will be an anchor point for the eastern section of the trail ...

The North Carolina Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, Reid Wilson, visited Lake Lure on Friday, Nov. 14, ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. (WSPA) – “Immediately, we had no services. We had no sewer. That was probably the worst part of it. We had no water,” Carol Pritchett, Mayor of Lake Lure, said. “The water was restored ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. — While clearing a lake bed at Lake Lure, contractor Leyon Kerklin made an unexpected discovery — a dog collar buried in the sediment. When he and his crew looked closer, they realized ...