Forest Service crews say worsening drought conditions and debris left behind by Hurricane Helene are creating a tinderbox for ...

The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility integral to the global production of solar panels and ...

If you travel an hour northeast of Asheville, you will find Spruce Pine, surrounded by mountains and the North Toe River. It is the largest town in Mitchell County with about 2,200 residents. Formerly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRUCE PINE - Mitchell County officials are still battling to restore potable water to most of the sparsely populated county as ...

Many areas in North Carolina were hit hard by the storm, including Spruce Pine, an area crucial to the semiconductor industry. Several industries will be impacted as a result as well, but perhaps none ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global ...

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With the mud ankle-deep inside her music store, and the water stains climbing 8 feet high on the walls, Angie Buchanan said goodbye to 50 years of teaching music in Spruce Pine. Then she walked ...

A raw material coming from the small North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine is the key to powering most of our electronics. Ultra-pure quartz is used in semiconductor production, which is ...

The town of Spruce Pine feels magical, especially on a chilly spring morning, when wind blows fat, gray clouds over the ridges and ruffles the North Toe River into an unsettled and turbulent gray ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a ...