In Western North Carolina, rockhounds have plenty of opportunities to dig for gems, if they don’t mind getting a little dirty, and maybe a little wet.

Everyone knows each other in this mountain community. Its residents have worked together to cope with the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

He owns Bob's General Store, plus an adjoining wrecking service and an excavation service in the town, just a few miles off the North Carolina ... 48 hours of the Helene flooding, and the second ...

This Tennessee town could have been broken by Helene. Instead, ... the flood left residents without power, ... surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains and inside the Cherokee National Forest.

By Elisabeth Strillacci The state, including, Rowan County, has entered the annual storm season and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted a more active than ...

As the one-year mark of Hurricane Helene's destructive flooding approaches, crews along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North ...

About 9 months after Hurricane Helene washed away a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, the National Park ...