An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and ...

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

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 ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (WGHP) — The area along the river is lined with local businesses in Spruce Pine. All of the buildings are filled with mud, and all the items inside are destroyed.

AND RIGHT NOW, THIS SCENIC OVERLOOK JUST OUTSIDE OF SPRUCE PINE IS BEING USED AS A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED. WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 226 A? YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE ...

OUR CHRIS PETERSEN SPENT THE DAY IN SPRUCE PINE, WHERE HE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I’M HERE AT TRACTOR FOOD AND FARM IN SPRUCE PINE AS ROADS CLEAR. FOLKS ARE ABLE TO ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Flooding in a small town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, could send shockwaves through the global semiconductor industry. Spruce Pine is a town of 2,200 residents.

Hurricane Helene’s death toll has reached 200 and could rise higher still, as searchers make their way toward the hardest to ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by ...