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 ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped ...

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 ...

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 ...

Companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have paused operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The quartz is a critical component of the chipmaking process ...

Operations at a quartz mine in western North Carolina have been shut down for more than five days after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of rain on the town of Spruce Pine, washing out roads and ...

Spruce Pine supplies around 70 percent of the naturally occurring HPQ that is needed for computing devices and products. The site’s market position and significance were underlined in 2019 when ...

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 ...