and two young sons. 3 3 a hiker is recovering this morning following a five-hour rescue out of linville gorge. the man broke a leg on shortoff mountain saturday morning. crews used a blackhawk helicopter to get him out. he was then flown to mission hospital in asheville. 3 3 3 a south carolina utility company says duke energy's planned upgrade at lake julian energy" says its facility in lexington county can generate more than 500-megawatts of power for the asheville-area. the "state utilities commission" agreed to let "columbia" intervene in consideration of duke's proposed natural gas conversion here. the commission is expected to rule by march first, whether to allow construction of the new lake julian plant. 3 3 north carolina does not need new regulations for zip lining. that is the word from the state labor department. officials were researching possible changes... after a 12-year-old camper died in a zip-line accident last summer near boone. the department found that most deaths are caused by human error... and that no amount of regulation can get rid of all of the risk during a zip-lin