Thousands of volunteers have been on the ground for months now to help lead the cleanup and rebuilding effort in Chimney Rock ...

Among the historians who have made a study of the region, Earl Fridley has spent years exploring two of its principal watersheds—that of Blue Creek and Falling Rock Creek ... its mouth at a place ...

Just over a month later, they were hiking up Grant Mountain to escape Tropical Storm Helene flooding, past where a waterfall had ... the three or so miles to Chimney Rock to grab dinner, or ...