As members of an emergency response team, we had initially deployed to Spruce Pine in November for one week, not long after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina with massive flooding ...

When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina torrential rain caused the Toe River to flood Riverside Park in Spruce Pine. It's now been almost six months since the remnants of Hurricane Helene ...

SPRUCE PINE — NC Labor Commissioner Luke Farley visited Spruce Pine on February 19 to meet with small business owners and learn about the community’s concerns related to Helene recovery ...

SPRUCE PINE N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley visited Spruce Pine Wednesday to meet with small business owners and learn about the community’s concerns related to He… ...

Debris from inside a flooded antique store on Locust Street in downtown Spruce Pine litters the street in December 2024. This is the latest installment in our Main Street NC series from the WUNC ...

The flooding that devastated western North Carolina knocked out water systems, and some small towns still don’t have water. The most exciting part of the day at Spruce Pine Montessori School is ...

Spruce Pine’s system is so old that Butler has no idea when its pipes were laid, though she guesses it was 60 years ago. The pump station, recently upgraded with money from the American Rescue ...

The flooding that devastated western North Carolina during Hurricane Helene laid waste to communities all around the region, spitting up great torrents of mud and washing away homes, cars, and people.

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 Helene left widespread destruction in western North Carolina. One of the towns impacted is Spruce Pine, the location of the world’s largest deposit of high-purity quartz, an ingredient used ...

Hurricane Helene devastated much of the Southeast, including the small town of Spruce Pine in western North Carolina. Some of the purest quartz in the world is found in two mines there.

Oct 11, 2024; Spruce Pine, NC, USA; David Brown-Chavez fills buckets of water from a creek to flush toilettes at his sister's apartment near the community of Spruce Pine. His sister, Lucy Brown ...