Banner Elk leaders are advising people, residents and business owners to leave the area Friday due to devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. The Visit Banner Elk Facebook page posted on Friday ...

BANNER ELK, N.C. — It will take major heavy lifting to clean up the Town of Banner Elk, in Western North Carolina. The people who live in and around this area aren’t letting the destruction caused by ...

When Nancy Owen first moved to Banner Elk, North Carolina, she thought it would be a one-year adventure in the ski industry before graduate school. That was nearly three decades ago. Today, as the ...

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BANNER ELK, N.C. — It's going to take a lot of heavy lifting to clean up the Town of Banner Elk in western North Carolina. The tourist community is currently grappling with the devestation caused by ...

Banner Elk is set to welcome visitors for the first time since Helene.The town is expected to re-open the week of Thanksgiving. Helene hit the area ahead of a critical time for tourists. TOP ...

A Banner Elk woman is reflecting on her survival of Hurricane Helene’s devastation, finding grief and gratitude, as she celebrates Thanksgiving with family. The wreckage left by Helene’s floodwaters ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — A brush fire near Banner Elk has been fully contained Wednedsay and is now under control, according to the local sheriff’s office. ALSO READ: Crews battle wildfire in Avery County ...