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Good news, travelers! Interstate 40 is open once again at the Tennessee and North Carolina state line. The highway reopened June 27 following a rockslide and flood that overtook the road June 18.
I-40 closed in Tennessee on June 18 after a rockslide and flooding overtook the road. Good news, travelers! Interstate 40 is open once again at the Tennessee and North Carolina state line.
Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge from Haywood County in North Carolina and Cocke County in Tennessee reopened Jun 27.
Will Interstate 40 reopen in time for that holiday traffic? A section of the interstate at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line has been closed for nearly a week following a rockslide and mudslide.
Asheville police are investigating a July 6 fatal motor vehicle crash on Interstate 40. It is the 13th vehicle-related fatality of 2025.
A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 40 in Asheville, North Carolina, over the weekend.
I-40 is scheduled to reopen on or before Thursday, July 3, after the flash flooding last week, a spokesman with the Tennessee Department of Transportation said.
The body of North Carolina firefighter Jaywon Lyons, who died after a water incident while on vacation, has returned home to his family.
Crews are working to clean up a section of I-40 near the Tennessee and North Carolina state line after rockslides damage.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The Eastern black rail, a tiny bird that lives in marshes, is in danger of going extinct, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.