Hurricane Helene has been one of the deadliest storms in US history, massively impacting the semiconductor in North Carolina ...

Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

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 ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has most of the world's high-quality quartz, a mineral essential for the semiconductors used in ...

Hurricane Helene's impact on a small North Carolina town reveals the tech industry's vulnerability to disruptions in the supply of critical minerals like quartz.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Rescuers continue to search for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene's remnants caused catastrophic damage to the Southeast, with the death toll rising to ...

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Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city, Haifa, and Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon on Monday, one year after the devastating Hamas attack on Israel that ...

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President Joe Biden flew over Helene-damaged parts of Western North Carolina on Wednesday before receiving a briefing on NC’s response. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in ...

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