In Western North Carolina, rockhounds have plenty of opportunities to dig for gems, if they don’t mind getting a little dirty, and maybe a little wet.

Spruce Pine isn’t the only place in the world with a large quartz deposit; Norway has some, as do Brazil, Russia and Australia. What sets Sibelco apart, industry experts say, is that it has been ...

Eduardo Medina reported from Spruce Pine, N.C., and took home a piece of amazonite. May 31, 2025 The jagged ridges in the green mountains above Spruce Pine look strange at first, as if they were ...

A Wilmington church group returned to Spruce Pine, NC, several months after Hurricane Helene to continue relief work. The group focused on restoring a single home in Hawk, NC, repairing flood ...

That’s very powerful when it comes to the cards in the hands of the US and North Carolina in the current trade wars. In the new high-stakes trade war, the sleepy little mountain town of Spruce Pine – ...

Spruce Pine is home to a group of rare quarries that produce 90% of the world’s high-purity quartz (HPQ) — a crucial material used to enable the molten silicon base of chip wafers. “People have told ...

Mountain pine beetle attack in ponderosa pine: Comparing methods for rating susceptibility. RMRS-RP-26. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 10 p ...

She came to North Carolina in 2009 for MAHEC’s family medicine residency program. It’s quite difficult to recruit health care providers to rural communities. Gilmer was certain she’d return to Florida ...

The people and the town in Spruce Pine, North Carolina where I am from are what I continue to think about after Hurricane Helene devastated the community this year.

KATIE MYERS, BYLINE: Spruce Pine Montessori School, like everyone else in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is entering its third month without water or sewer. They've made adjustments, but they weren ...

SPRUCE PINE, NORTH CAROLINA — Following in the footsteps of Asheville and Black Mountain, the Town of Spruce Pine has ended it’s boil water advisory. A statement posted to Facebook by the Town of ...

But from our point of view, we’re lucky. I had a tree fall on my car. That was it. It dented a little bit of like the hood of the car. But if we didn’t move our car when we did, both of our ...