Committees that oversee funds collected from an increase in commercial fishing license fees that have been in effect since 2015 will meet jointly Jan. 14.

Stabilizing Outer Banks beaches is becoming more challenging with the quickly evolving and often unpredictable consequences ...

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Executive Director Kenneth Waldroup will discuss at Cape Fear River Watch's First Saturday Seminar on Jan. 3 the potential impacts of Fuquay-Varina's request to ...

Live Christmas tree disposal services, many free of charge, are being offered in areas of the lower Cape Fear Region after Christmas day through to January.

NCDOT expects a section of N.C. 24 near the U.S. 17 Bypass in Jacksonville to be closed for utility repairs until Jan. 9.

As North Carolina's population has grown and the factory farming industry expanded, the state's environmental agency staff has been slashed by almost a third in less than 15 years.

Duke Energy’s Brunswick Nuclear Plant has scheduled for Jan. 7 a test of its outdoor warning sirens. During the test, which is held in cooperation with Brunswick and New Hanover officials, sirens will ...

A sizeable majority of Outer Banks restaurants that claim to serve local, wild-caught shrimp have been found through genetic testing to be serving imported farm-raised shrimp instead.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division is accepting comments through Jan. 20 on the proposed Comprehensive State Rail Plan, which officials say "establishes the vision for ...

The second in the online education series explores the core principles of conservation landscaping and how they support healthy land and water systems.

Hatteras-Ocracoke, Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach, and Southport-Fort Fisher ferry routes are to follow an adjusted schedule during Christmas.

A broken sewer line found Saturday near Lejeune Boulevard in Jacksonville led to the discharge of an estimated 129,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into Scales Creek.