SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (WGHP) — Spruce Pine is a destination for visitors to get that small mountain town adventure. But after Helene, visitors are hard to come by as the town slowly rebuilds to ...

Sheet music sits on a mud-caked floor inside Majestic Music in downtown Spruce Pine, N.C. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy flooding to the area.

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 provides 90% of the world's quartz. Quartz is used to produce silicon, a vital component of semiconductors in ...

Spruce Pine, NC quartz mines shut after Hurricane Helene as companies Sibelco and The Quartz Corp assess storm damage and supply ... 13 state parks closed in Western NC after Hurricane Helene.

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 ...

Marlin King, a volunteer from Pennsylvania, helps to clear mud and debris from Locust Street on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Spruce Pine, N.C. following damage from Hurricane Helene.

Andrew Zook, left, 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 ...