South Mountains State Park will begin to reopen March 17, with the main entrance becoming accessible sometime in April.

The deal also allocates over $200 million to ongoing recovery efforts in Eastern North Carolina following Hurricanes Matthew ...

After the temporary structure is built, NC DOT engineers have proposed four possible permanent options for replacing the bridge to the park, which was destroyed by the Broad River during Helene.

One key focus is the reconstruction of U.S. 74A through Chimney Rock. Five months after Helene hit western North Carolina, roads in Chimney Rock are blocked off and closed to most traffic.

NC DOT engineers have proposed four possible permanent options for replacing the bridge to the park, which was destroyed by the Broad River during Helene. Replace both the Chimney Rock Park Road ...