No power but only minor damage: Spruce Pine quartz mine owner updates Helene recovery
The Sibelco mine in North Carolina is one of the most crucial sites to the global production of semiconductors.
Neighbors help cleanup Spruce Pine after Helene
The area along the river is lined with local businesses in Spruce Pine. All of the buildings are filled with mud, and all the ...
How Helene stole the music and soul of the historic riverfront town of Spruce Pine
Ten feet of water left the place in ruins. The communication blackout leaves the community to guess at whether their friends ...
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...
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Helene's flood scars revealed in Old Fort, Spruce Pine from satellite images over North Carolina
Skies finally cleared over North Carolina on Wednesday, offering a glimpse of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene ...
Hurricane Helene suspends quartz production in Spruce Pine, North Carolina
The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their ...
Spruce Pine, which produces quartz needed for tech products, is devastated by Helene
Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday ahead of the storm ...
Spruce Pine still lacks power, water, cell service in NC mountains; neighbors pitch in to help after Helene
All of the buildings in Spruce Pine are filled with mud, and all the items inside are destroyed. On Friday, volunteers showed ...
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Spruce Pine clean-up underway in NC mountains
Spruce Pine clean-up underway in NC mountains ...
‘It’s a smaller Katrina’: Spruce Pine resident teams up with Tractor Food and Farm for makeshift grocery story
Charles Atkins shared what he's seen while driving around the mountain communities surrounding Spruce Pine: homes completely ...
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A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry
Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped ...