Deep in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina lies the small town of Spruce Pine, which also happens to ...

One man hospitalized in North Carolina last saw his fiancee before a landslide separated them. Families from out of state are ...

Charles Atkins shared what he's seen while driving around the mountain communities surrounding Spruce Pine: homes completely ...

The convoy pushed on to Spruce Pine, past smashed cars in corn fields, and past a Dollar General shoveling out from under two ...

Virtually all of the world’s supply of a mineral that is critical to semiconductor production comes from one tiny town in the ...

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 ...

Multiple correctional facilities in Western North Carolina have been evacuated in the aftermath of Helene. Here's how you can ...

Ten feet of water left the place in ruins. The communication blackout leaves the community to guess at whether their friends ...

Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a ...

It was reported that after the hurricane, 30 inches of rainfall had fallen in North Carolina, the biggest local flooding in recorded history.

Operations at two critical North Carolina facilities that mine high-purity quartz, remain suspended following the impact of ...