NCDOT to begin quarrying in Pisgah Forest to rebuild flood-damaged I-40. Contractors will use retaining walls to stabilize and protect five miles of highway. Reconstruction avoids I-40 traffic ...

Interstate 40 was closed for months after more than a mile of the eastbound lanes fell into the flooding Pigeon River after the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. Now, as the N.C ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Multiple people were rescued from the Little Pigeon River over the weekend after flash flooding stranded them on an island, according to the Sevierville Fire Department. Officials ...

In western North Carolina, there’s only one lane open along Interstate 40 in each direction in the Pigeon River Gorge.

The biggest flaw is that NCDOT isn’t replacing the creek culverts that pass under I-40 and thus will need to pass through the ...

Grace Baptist Church in Newport was swallowed up by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27. Water from the overflowing Pigeon River climbed the sloping hill behind the church and into the ...

NCDOT installed 123 monitors to track ground movement along damaged I-40. Sensors alert engineers in real time to shifts that could threaten the highway. Rebuilding effort includes a causeway and ...