The publication has given attention to WNC many times, including coolest towns for summer vacations, most beautiful drives ...

The best places to visit in the North Carolina mountains after Hurricane Helene — trips to explore Asheville, Boone, Cherokee, Banner Elk, Lake Lure & more.

The Elk River Helping Hands Concert Series announces its marquee event on Friday, June 6, 2025, at Hayes Auditorium on the campus of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Doors open at 6 p ...

BANNER ELK, N.C. — For seven years Gilded Age Antiques has been a love for Olivia Daly. She walked inside and knew this is where she belonged. "I just have such a connection to this place. I love ...

In North Carolina, sustained winds of 80 mph were recorded at Mt. Mitchell with winds of 63 mph at Frying Pan Mountain. A wind gust of 101 mph was recorded near Banner Elk.

At Banner Elk in Watauga County, the second-highest gust in the state was reported to be 88 knots (101 mph), and the next-highest was in Haywood County at Frying Pan Mountain, which had a gust of ...

It's now been six months since the remnants of Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina. The storm is blamed for at least 106 deaths in the area and tens of billions of dollars worth of ...

The Elk River Helping Hands Concert Series will be held at Hayes Auditorium at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Tickets are available now at www.elkriverhelpinghands.org.

This storm will be the latest in a series of storms to hit the area in February. Two days of freezing rain last week brought 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of ice from the North Carolina mountains deep ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has also confirmed 104 storm-related deaths as of December 23, 2024, though that number could still rise as recovery efforts continue.

The storm killed 103 people throughout western North Carolina and surrounding areas. Many more were injured. All told, the wind and the water damaged as many as 126,000 homes, and dozens of roads and ...

As Dillion and Ben, two Clydesdales, pulled an 18-and-a-half-foot Christmas tree from North Carolina in a green wagon up the driveway to the North Portico of the White House Monday afternoon, it ...