Question: We bought a home two years ago. The lanai and pool area has a river-rock surface. The area is more than 400 square feet. The river rock keeps coming off, and it hurts our feet to walk on it.

Chimney Rock Road northwest of Paso Robles washed out during the latest atmospheric river storm to hit San Luis Obispo County. Now, about 100 residents are stranded.

NCDOT contractors are reclaiming rock that washed downstream in the Cane River to use in rebuilding a 14-mile stretch of U.S. 19W in Yancey County. ...