The Avery County Fire Marshal/Emergency Management Office confirmed the plane crash, but at this time, it’s still unclear ...

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 ...

If crisp air, endless autumn-hued views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and a wealth of arts and culinary wonders are your idea of autumn bliss, then hightail it to little Spruce Pine in North Carolina, ...

Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane Helene, Belgian mining company Sibelco announced Thursday it has restarted operations in the Western North Carolina town ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global ...

Press release from the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce: 2019 will mark the 60th Anniversary of the NC Mineral and Gem Festival in Spruce Pine. For sixty years, Spruce Pine has welcomed rock hounds ...

Spruce Pine is a town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, with a population of 2,204. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 90.10% of residents identify as white, 0.30% ...

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 ...

Three months ago, Hurricane Helene touched down in western North Carolina, leaving in its wake $53 billion in destruction. By some estimates, 40% of the housing stock was damaged. An untold number of ...