Gayle Garland, the Corps' project manager for the former military site at Buxton on Hatteras Island, is to provide an update on the cleanup.

The bridge over Prices Creek on East Moore Street in Southport opened to drivers Thursday, marking the last of 44 damaged sites in the southern coastal region to reopen after last September's unnamed ...

Glory species such as speckled trout, red drum, flounder and king mackerel are what nearly every saltwater angler loves to target, but often you'll have to deal with an unwanted, sometimes dangerous ...

A.R. Ammons, the heralded, mid-20th century poet was known as "Archie" during his formative years working the family farm in Columbus County.

A New Hanover County forest that includes centuries-old trees has been added to a national list of threatened forests. Sledge Forest, where bald cypress trees up to 500 years old tower over the forest ...

The state commission that adopts rules to protect natural resources is expected to hear this week updates on existing measures to improve air and water quality, but the bulk of the July 9-10 meeting ...

Fishing lines, sunshades and beachgoers crowd an Emerald Isle beach while two seagulls fly overhead, with another in the foreground searching for food. Photo: Robert Watkins ...

Amid dramatic funding cuts, leaders of the nonprofits that support national wildlife refuges in northeastern part of the state fear what's ahead for these protected lands.

A host of topics, including upcoming work to excavate additional contaminated soil and debris discovered last year in an area of the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. site in Navassa, will be discussed ...