Sampling at Asheboro's wastewater treatment plant revealed elevated discharges of 1,4-dioxane, a likely human carcinogen, in ...

The Marine Fisheries Commission is expected to consider adopting more restrictions on the commercial harvest of blue crabs, a ...

Carolina Beach's federally authorized beach nourishment project scheduled to begin this weekend is expected to continue for the next four to five weeks, depending on the weather.

A gull keeps watch from atop the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division's vehicle ferry Kinnakeet as it plies the Neuse River between Minnesott Beach and Cherry Branch. Photo: ...

Drainage systems that rely on gravity fail when the difference in elevation that drives water from land to sea has been ...

The Environmental Management Commission voted to postpone hearing proposed rules to monitor and minimize the two human-made chemical compounds from industrial users and dischargers.

The deadline is Dec. 5 to submit comments to NCDEQ's Division of Coastal Management on the proposed project to widen and ...

Coastal geologist Stan Riggs shares an excerpt from his new book, "Cape Lookout National Seashore: Paradigm For A." ...

Sanford Contractors Inc. can begin construction of the new span as early as Dec. 1, and the project is set to be completed by ...

The project, announced earlier this year, is to include building the largest shark habitat in the state, expanding the facility to the largest in the North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Natural and ...

Meetings are planned for Nov. 18 to update the public on continuing work to remove contamination from the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. site in Navassa.