The nonprofit conservation group is challenging the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging it acted illegally in deciding to continue classifying the critically endangered population of red wolves as ...

The truth about Blackbeard’s Battle at Ocracoke conflicts with popular interpretations and numerous published accounts, according to author Kevin Duffus.

The new coalition is to defend and protect the state’s commercial fishing fleet and industry and was spawned by the recent fight over shrimp trawling in North Carolina's inland and nearshore coastal ...

The North Carolina Maritime Museum locations in Hatteras, Beaufort and Southport have a number of programs scheduled for August.

A federal court decision Wednesday blocks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using a potentially harmful algaecide at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, a compound that environmental groups ...

Oak Island issued multiple citations to operators of three vehicles that illegally drove on the town's ocean shore and, when attempting to drive off the beach, destroyed a beach access mat.

This collection of photographs captures what historian David Cecelski calls "a rare view of the behind-the-scenes work that was necessary to maintain a functional system of navigational aids on the ...

“Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the Brogue" explores the isolated village's once-prominent dialect now only spoken by a few hundred on the island.

In 1585, English explorers twice visited a Native American village called Aguascogoc, destroying it on their second stop. Historian David Cecelski traces North Carolina's coastal tribal legacy.

The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, or Beach Plan, has yet to reach the number of property owners who could benefit from its Strengthen Your Roof grant program.

When first considered 50 years ago, North Carolina's Coastal Area Management Act was hotly controversial environmental legislation, and despite challenges past and present, it remains the state’s only ...

Earl Slick, right, and his brother Tom Slick were founder and vice president, respectively, of cargo-transport company Slick Airways. Photo courtesy of Southwest Research Institute, used with ...