The Dare County Board of Commissioners will consider a proposed zoning text change during its meeting on Monday, August 4, that would remove a decades-old amendment known as the “Zone of Influence,” a ...

Photo of the petroleum sheen at the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site. As a precaution, visitors should not swim or wade in the water at Cape Hatteras National Seashore from Old Lighthouse Beach to ...

A stalled frontal boundary to the south, coupled with high pressure to the north, have combined to create strong onshore winds and stir up the ocean along the Outer Banks. And a low pressure system ...

With additional reporting from SamWalkerOBXNews.com and Outer Banks Voice UPDATE, Friday, Aug. 1, 6 p.m. The Town of Kill Devil Hills issued the following press release on Friday evening: On Thursday, ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Urging patience, unity, compassion, and community support as the town mourns, Kill Devil Hills Mayor John Windley issued a statement following Thursday’s fatal shooting at ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A GoFundMe account has been established to help the cover the funeral expenses for the man killed in this week’s shooting at Avalon Pier. Zane Thomas Hughes, 19, […] ...

An extensive project to rebuild the dune barrier between the Atlantic Ocean and N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke Island is underway, with minor traffic delays expected for the next few weeks.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries recently established new state records for the rarely encountered and deep-dwelling Channel Scabbardfish ...