Planting of new spruce trees is being banned in parts of East Anglia and South East England as part of new measures to limit ...

Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the ...

Deep in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina lies the small town of Spruce Pine, which also happens to ...

Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the ...

Helene caused extensive damage in the Appalachian Mountains. This is an important mining area for high-purity quartz sand, ...

Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a ...

NELLIE FILIP loves autumn in New Hampshire, but she rarely gets to experience this special season that brings millions of ...

Flooding in the small town of Spruce Pine has shut down the mining of the world’s purest quartz, a critical component in ...

The town of Spruce Pine was hit by more than 61 cm of rain from Hurricane Helene last week, causing severe flooding and infrastructure damage. The community is home to one of the world's primary ...

Tree tubes are also available to order. Orders can be placed until Jan. 31, 2025, or until sold out; limited supplies. A Burnett woman got a surprise on Tuesday when the Publisher’s Clearing House ...

Facilities in North Carolina operated by two companies that mine a crucial mineral needed for semiconductor production remain ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)– A Raleigh woman is still waiting for the ability to make direct contact with her son in Spruce Pine ...