Ten feet of water left the place in ruins. The communication blackout leaves the community to guess at whether their friends ...
Skies finally cleared over North Carolina on Wednesday, offering a glimpse of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene ...
The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...
The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their ...
Virtually all of the world’s supply of a mineral that is critical to semiconductor production comes from one tiny town in the ...
Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a ...
Charles Atkins shared what he's seen while driving around the mountain communities surrounding Spruce Pine: homes completely gone, washed down the mountain.
Folks who live in this area coming here to this visitor’s center just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s the only place in the area with guaranteed cell service.
Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is known for producing the high-quality mineral used in most computer chips, solar panels and fiber optics. It was largely flattened by floods after the storm.
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been ...