After lobbying, letter writing, cajoling and presentations, "one-woman crusader" Debbie Swick of Southern Shores has seen her ...

Residents 60 and older and adults living with disabilities are eligible for fans through the Operation Fan Heat ...

A committee of the Environmental Management Commission during its May meeting is to consider sending to the full commission draft management plans for 1,4-dioxane, and for PFOA, PFOS and GenX.

The recent shackling of the Environmental Protection Agency “foreshadows the breathtaking descent back into the worst days of ...

Rocky Mount Telegram Publisher Rip Woodin, who spends free time at his Atlantic Beach getaway, didn't grow up fishing, but a ...

Cape Lookout National Seashore, Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center and the Crystal Coast Stargazers are hosting ...

The 14th annual Roanoke Island American Indian Festival is set for this weekend. Taking place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ...

The state Senate's proposed budget approved Thursday includes new tolls to ride the currently free state ferries and ...

Dare County officials are now questioning the legality of the "zone of influence" buffer district the county enacted in 1988 ...

Opinions up and down the North Carolina coast differ on the reasons behind rising numbers of Atlantic whale deaths, but ...

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has scheduled a public hearing in Dare County May 6 on a proposed shellfish lease in ...

Shellfish farmers say their industry's positive benefits have been proven elsewhere in the country, but holds on new state ...