SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community ...
Photos of the destruction following Hurricane Helene revealed significant damage and potential loss of life in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The small mining town hosts the world's only known ...
An aging chain link fence dotted with miniature American flags surrounds the 19th-century Burr family cemetery in the Commack Home Depot parking lot. Gravestones, some cracked, lean over on ...