Preserved from development by Carolista Baum, a mother of young children, who blocked a bulldozer, declared a National Natural Landmark and made a state park 50 years ago, an occasion recently ...

Oysters fresh off the grill harvested that day by Carteret Community College Shellfish Farming Academy students. Photo: Jennifer Allen The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is now accepting ...

HATTERAS — Long famous for its bountiful fishing, Hatteras Island now has a new state-of-the-art processing and packing facility that keeps Outer Banks fish local from sea to plate, while also ...

Don Dixon, Jim Wann and Bland Simpson, collectively known as the Coastal Cohorts, are bringing "King Mackerel and the Blues ...

Public comments will be accepted through July 5 to the draft update of the North Carolina State Wildlife Action Plan, which ...

Several coastal counties are expected to experience unhealthy heat levels over the weekend. Chowan, Perquimans and Washington counties are expected to have a maximum heat index of 96 degrees or higher ...

As the weather and water warm, beachgoers will flock to the North Carolina coast just as many of the native shorebirds and seagoing avian residents begin to nest. Piping plovers skittering up and down ...

The eastern terminus of the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail is in Jockey’s Ridge State Park. Photo: Kip Tabb Second in commentary photo-essay series, Tabb’s Trails, with coastal reporter, ...

Celebrate National Trails Day Saturday by taking a hike in one of the many publicly accessible lands in North Carolina. Honor your coastal champion or special someone on a birthday, anniversary, ...

Tropical storms have cost North Carolina tens of billions of dollars over the last 40 years. These weather-related disasters are putting a spotlight on the state’s “flood-risk crisis,” according to ...