In June, the Holiday Inn Sunspree resort at Wrightsville Beach unveiled a revamped look and a lengthy new name: Lumina on Wrightsville Beach, a Holiday Inn Resort. Lumina, of course, is an homage to the fabled Wrightsville Beach pavilion of old, which was demolished in 1973.

It’s peak season at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. By 8 a.m., the pier is already lined with anglers and sightseers, and the waves below are alive with schools of fish.

Researchers in Morehead City say they're seeing more fecal matter indicator bacteria in the ocean water.

The project will be the largest wind farm in the U.S. and the first with diversity hiring requirements, the Sierra Club noted.

The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) said it placed more than 600,000 tires off the North Carolina coast in the 1970s and early 1980s, but said it discontinued the practice in 1983.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the company has made significant progress since the dredge Ellis Island joined the dredge Liberty Island in Buxton on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WCSC) - Beaufort County Council voted Monday night to let voters decide whether to approve a 2-year, one-percent sales tax on the November ballot.

RICHMOND — State regulators on Friday approved an application from Dominion Energy Virginia to build an enormous offshore wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach and recover the cost from ratepayers.

North Carolina’s Outer Banks area is a famed vacation spot, but its islands are always on the move; as sea levels rise and storms strengthen, engineers are battling to keep island communities from washing away.

The Town of North Beach reached two milestones last month in its long-term effort to address the community’s recurring coastal and stormwater flooding.

With hikers and bicyclists pushing themselves for miles on the East Coast Greenway, officials in the Wilmington area are working to make the Topsail region a part of their journeys.

Officials said Sugarloaf Island is a vital destination for many local people, tourists, and wildlife but right now the seaward shoreline of the Island is eroding, leaving uprooted trees and vegetation behind. In addition, wave exposure and swift currents are eroding the shoreline, sweeping nutrient-rich sediment into the water column, degrading water quality, and filling in navigational channels.

On July 26 at approximately 9:00 am, Navy saturation diver BMCS Wade Bingham, who was excavating in the Monitor’s turret near one of the cannons, encountered two bones that may be the remains of one of the ironclad’s lost crewmen.

It’s been a busy summer with patients of various sizes and species cycling through The Sea Turtle Hospital.

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. has announced that it has completed the 1 million cubic yard beach nourishment project in Avon, with the last load of sand delivered by the dredge Liberty Island at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, between Yucca Street and Pampas Drive.

Three homes were washed out to sea this year and more could be in danger. Now, there's a race to prolong the lifespan of homes and beaches threatened by erosion.

When whales meet ships in the ocean, it usually doesn’t end well for the whales.

Dave Bernstein of Geodynamics, the county’s beach surveying firm, said Monday the ocean search for and identify offshore sand to use for future beach nourishment projects is about 25 percent complete.

All Topsail Island towns now prohibit using unencapsulated polystyrene, commonly called Styrofoam, for floating docks, piers and walkways.

New trail along North Carolina coastline includes oyster farms, seafood markets, restaurants and educational sites.

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science living shoreline project in partnership with Naval Weapons Station Yorktown aims to address erosion along the shoreline, including at Penniman Spit along the York River.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is awarding grants to 22 communities for Phase 3 of the Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP). More than $1.14 million dollars will be made available for the completion of Phase 3.

Move over, Silicon Valley. Washington, D.C., is fast becoming a hub for carbon dioxide removal action.

Sometimes the bright lights of Ocean City are more than they seem, especially if the light pollution they produce impact sea life.

Marine and estuary plant life on which North Carolina’s fish species depend are vulnerable to warming and rising seas, scientists say.