The area along the river is lined with local businesses in Spruce Pine. All of the buildings are filled with mud, and all the ...

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water ...

The Sibelco mine in North Carolina is one of the most crucial sites to the global production of semiconductors.

The Inflation Reduction Act is delivering jobs and investment to communities around the country, but the elected officials ...

In the remote, heavily logged Yaak Valley, an unlikely stand of old growth sits at the center of a debate about what a forest ...

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Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...

It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his ...

More than 1,000 people have been reported unaccounted for in a devastated North Carolina county where 10 people have already ...

It would seem that it would be a simple matter to plan and plant a landscape/garden that the deer will ignore. Often, native plants serve well in deterring them too, but not always! Because, as bitter ...