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He used that as his personal boat here on Lake Lure,” Tanner said. “It sank before I was born. After a storm, it broke loose ...
An extensive post-storm cleanup effort at Lake Lure in western North Carolina has uncovered remarkable pieces of local ...
An antique car and a sunken boat were found in the Lake Lure lakebed as the town continues to recover from Hurricane Helene.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lowering the water level in Lake Lure by 30 feet to scrape out 376,000 tons of silt and ...
Work continues to clean up Lake Lure nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina. Crews could be seen removing sediment and debris from the lake on Thursday.
While Chimney Rock is set to open at the end of the month, a little further south, Lake Lure still has a long way to go in its recovery. Heavy machinery has been working daily for months, the results ...
Lake Lure sits at the bottom of the Hickory Nut Gorge, a 20,000-acre, 14-mile-long canyon through the Blue Ridge Mountains, replete with forests, waterfalls, granite cliffs and trails.
LAKE LURE, N.C - The scenic town in the Hickory Nut Gorge is hard to recognize more than a week after Tropical Storm Helene. Mayor Carol C. Pritchett met with Gov. Roy Cooper the afternoon of Oct ...
Lake Lure Mayor Pro Tem David DiOrio speaks to the Asheville Citizen Times Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at the Lake Lure Dam in Lake Lure. “We didn’t know. You always take action on the side of ...
LAKE LURE, N.C. — A lone pontoon boat glided slowly Monday across the muddy, debris-choked surface of this once-bustling lake. The silence and solitude felt eerie in a place lined with vacation ...