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 ...

Media release provided by North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and N.C. State Parks announced today that ...

As the summer disappeared like smoke, my family — including my wife Beth and high school-aged daughters Eleanor and Abigail — decided to take a hike up to Chimney Rock in Whitewater State Park. The ...

Nearly 500 acres of land have been purchased by Conserving Carolina for a vast nature preserve located near Chimney Rock State Park. According to an Oct. 30 news release, Conserving Carolina purchased ...

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 will soon be home to a new rock-climbing area featuring some of the toughest climbs in North Carolina. It’s welcome news for one of the communities that was hardest hit by Hurricane ...

A “world-class” Western North Carolina rock climbing spot is set to open to the public for the first time in decades, after two outdoor recreation land trusts purchase 16.5 acres adjoining Chimney ...