In the last four years, the Atlantic Ocean has toppled 10 homes on Hatteras Island. Residents are grappling with an unknown ...

Buxton, North Carolina — Living on North ... the more than 5 million visitors every year to make their living. Barrier islands, long, narrow strips of sand, buffer the mainland from the power ...

NPS photo/Ranger H. Prokop The remote Outer Banks of North Carolina are prime real estate for scary legends, with the barrier ...

There are plenty of state parks in North Carolina convenient to our biggest cities. But for those up for a little bit of a drive, the small town state parks ...

The Outer Banks consist of a collection of barrier islands along the North Carolina coast. The area is split into three regions, according to the Visitors Bureau: the Northern Beaches, Roanoke ...

Two hundred-year storm events brought record storm surge, rainfall and winds. The question some are asking now isn’t where ...

Two counties passed resolutions asking for a pause on new shellfish leases, but the industry says existing moratoriums are part of the problem.

An irascible mule that spent much of his life convinced he was a horse has died after two decades of wandering North Carolina ...

Barrier islands, long, narrow strips of sand, buffer the mainland from the power of the ocean. In the eastern U.S., barrier islands cover 2,300 miles of shoreline. Naturally, they're always moving.

Barrier islands, long, narrow strips of sand, buffer the mainland from the power of the ocean. In the eastern U.S., barrier islands cover 2,300 miles of shoreline. Naturally, they're always moving. "I ...