Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

In the American West, white glaciers and snow fields are outnumbered by long-overlooked “rock glaciers.” The rock covering ...

Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb at a hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Routh also requested a jury trial. He faces ...

The National Weather Service says Tropical Storm Helene is causing life-threatening flash flooding in North Carolina mountain ...

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Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

Israeli commandos are conducting limited intelligence-gathering raids inside southern Lebanon, and that there are indications ...

There are fewer tents on San Francisco sidewalks. The city has ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws, and police are ...

Several Piedmont organizations are mobilizing to support relief efforts in western North Carolina. Here’s a running list of ...

A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken ...

In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police ...