Dare County

The private, family-owned chain store and gas station is set to build eight stores next year in several areas of North Carolina including Wayne, Nash and Wilson Counties.

Six towns in Dare County have filed a lawsuit to block part of the state budget bill that bans them from regulating a new state-funded affordable housing project led by political donors.

North Carolina has millions of acres of estuarine habitat, and the NC Coastal Federation wants the public’s help to keep them safe.

Crews from the Army Corps of Engineers dug up sand earlier this summer, creating a safe channel for vessels traveling between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.

After a cleaning service found a loaded pistol in the room of an Outer Banks beach house where children typically stay, police are urging vacationers to keep track of their guns and safely lock them when they’re not being used.

The lighthouse at Cape Hatteras was first lit on Dec. 16, 1870. A century and a half later, the iconic structure – the tallest brick lighthouse in the…

The pandemic hasn’t halted much traffic for summer vacationers in some areas of the North Carolina coast. In June, Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Dare…

New federal flood maps have reclassified thousands of properties in Dare County from high-flood risk areas to lower risk ones called "shaded X zones."The…

Dare County officials are seeking suggestions for a new name for the bridge that spans the Oregon Inlet.The current bridge is named for Herbert C. Bonner,…

UPDATE: Officials now estimate between six and 10 days for power to be fully restored for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.Governor Roy Cooper ordered a…