The 1859 Cape Lookout Lighthouse reaches 163 feet skyward beyond shorebirds hunkered down recently on a jetty across the bay ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials have temporarily closed the beach at Rodanthe as hazardous debris from the sixth ...

Forecasters expect a low-pressure system will impact eastern North Carolina Thursday and Friday, "bringing the potential for ...

Topsail Island towns are banding together in an attempt to reduce the presence of the invasive plant that chokes out native ...

The North Carolina Coastal Federation will accept applications from commercial fishermen and women until Dec. 15 for the upcoming effort to collect lost and abandoned gear in the state’s sounds. The ...

If you’ve ever been in the woods this time of year and noticed a sweet fragrance but couldn’t pinpoint it, you’re not having olfactory hallucinations -- this aromatic wonder grows right here in North ...

The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating 40 years of protecting the rare pocosin wetlands and wildlife on the Albemarle Peninsula. The celebration is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Aurora borealis, the result of an intense solar geomagnetic storm reaching Earth, lights up the skies over Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head late Thursday evening. Photo: Catherine Kozak ...

Before Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina and Hurricane Milton charged across Florida, Brunswick County commissioners were raising concerns about the federal government’s ...

Destructive flooding has plagued Carteret County’s underserved North River community for decades. The unincorporated area between Beaufort and Havelock regularly experiences inundation linked to high ...

A nationwide survey to assess marine debris on all U.S. shorelines is underway. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program announced earlier this week ...

State insurance officials are meeting this week to address what they call the “harmful and growing issue” of insurance fraud crime and share how the public can protect themselves. The insurance fraud ...