Loch Morlich is a scenic loch surrounded by forest, nestled in the Cairngorms National Park, great for recreation and nature ...

AND RIGHT NOW, THIS SCENIC OVERLOOK JUST OUTSIDE OF SPRUCE PINE IS BEING USED AS A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED. WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 226 A? YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE ...

With the mud ankle-deep inside her music store, and the water stains climbing 8 feet high on the walls, Angie Buchanan said goodbye to 50 years of teaching music in Spruce Pine. Then she walked ...

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 ...

10. Raven’s Tower (Sitka Spruce) Raven’s Tower is the tallest known Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), standing at 317 feet. These trees are native to the Pacific Northwest and thrive in coastal ...

Spruce Pine is home to two mines that are a key source of high-purity quartz. This crucial material is used to make the chips that power everything from smartphones to data centers, with experts ...

Spruce Pine supplies around 70 percent of the naturally occurring HPQ that is needed for computing devices and products. The site’s market position and significance were underlined in 2019 when ...

The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility integral to the global production of solar panels ...

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their operations due to the damage and aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Mines located ...

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 ...

In the mountains of North Carolina, the town of Spruce Pine plays an outsized role in one of the most critical sectors of the global economy: semiconductor manufacturing. The ultra-pure quartz found ...

Hurricane Helene dropped more than two feet of rain on Spruce Pine North Carolina. The town is home to one of the world's only sources of high purity quartz— which is used to manufacture silicon ...