“We were the living room of Spruce Pine. Every church group met here. Everyone and anyone met here. God has kept us for 20 years through fires, through pandemic. On the third day after the flood ...

Sibelco told The News & Observer Monday that the company has “temporarily halted operations at the Spruce Pine facilities” since Sept. 26. “The hurricane has caused widespread flooding ...

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 ...

Tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the outskirts of Spruce Pine ... causing historic flooding and landslides, cutting off roads and power and endangering millions of residents.

one of the North Carolina counties hit with deadly flooding and landslides from Hurricane Helene this past weekend. Helene dropped 24 inches of rain in the Mitchell County town of Spruce Pine ...

helps to clear instruments and other items from the mud inside Majestic Music in downtown Spruce Pine, N.C. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy flooding to the area.

Scattered across the outskirts of Spruce Pine ... out as pure as the quartz from Spruce Pine. As one expert told Wired magazine, the climate-fueled flooding in western North Carolina could ...