Explore North Carolina's "basecamp to the Blue Ridge," a small town that offers local crafts, waterfall hikes, water sports, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a ...

One of the most abundant minerals in the Earth’s crust, quartz is essential for manufacturing core components of smartphones ...

The Quartz Corp. is shutting down its quartz production facility in Mitchell County as part of a company restructuring, the Norway-based company announced.

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 Hurricane ...

Spruce Pine is home to the only naturally occurring quartz that’s pure enough for chip production. Spruce Pine is home to the only naturally occurring quartz that’s pure enough for chip production. is ...

The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world’s purest quartz — a critical ingredient in the chipmaking process. The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world’s purest quartz — a ...

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. “I could not have ...

If you travel an hour northeast of Asheville, you will find Spruce Pine, surrounded by mountains and the North Toe River. It is the largest town in Mitchell County with about 2,200 residents. Formerly ...

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 — NC Baptists on Mission Spruce Pine Rebuild Center held a Dedication Ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The event was held at the recently renovated Deyton Elementary School building, which ...

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 ...