A recent study published by Cambridge University Press finds that the "exceedingly rare" land mammal fossils from 20 million years ago that were found near Maysville fill "an important gap in our ...

Citing repeated delays and poor workmanship, Brunswick County on July 25 filed a lawsuit against and terminated the contracting company it hired to expand and upgrade the Northwest Water Treatment ...

The public has opportunity to comment on several proposed rules to permits, franchises and shellfish leases at a hearing later this month and in writing through September.

Jody Hopkins and his son Oden of Grimesland established state records for a channel scabbardfish and a spinycheek scorpion fish while fishing 33 miles off Ocracoke.

Belville's seven-term mayor who served the town for more than 15 years died Tuesday night, the town announced Wednesday.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson, during a tour of Pollocksville Tuesday, said he is confident that courts will remove a block ...

A collaborative project of North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Oyster Trail, the exhibit featuring the work of Raleigh-based ...

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 ...

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.

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

The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is to accept grant applications to support Dare County nonprofits and governmental agencies hold events during the offseason.

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 ...