LAKE LURE, N.C. -- Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene's devastating pathway through western North Carolina, a vibrant tourist attraction offering visitors a serene escape in the Blue Ridge Mountains ...

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 ...

Lake Lure restoration targets Oct. 31, 2025 for basin and shoreline repair. Full lake refill and public reopening projected for May 1, 2026. Lake Lure Beach Building set for summer 2026 reopening ...

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 ...

A Western North Carolina landmark once thought to be lost is now getting a second life. The Town of Lake Lure will receive more than $2.5 million in FEMA funds to rebuild the Lake Lure Flowering ...

For well over a decade, locals and visitors alike were drawn to the Flowering Bridge in Lake Lure, North Carolina. "When people come in, I think they're immediately enchanted," Becky Melton, who ...

FEMA is shrinking and it's putting Lake Lure, North Carolina in limbo North Carolina’s picturesque Lake Lure is still recovering, after being hit hard by Tropical Storm Helene in 2024.

On a hiking/golfing trip this summer to Lake Lure, North Carolina, we awoke to quite a surprise just a few feet from our balcony. This hungry fellow was undisturbed by our family’s photographing him.