Lighthouse

A new Fresnel lens will be fabricated for the beacon. Window ornaments and ironwork will also be restored.

The Navy used the lighthouse during World War II and it became climbable for the public about a decade ago. The Outer Banks icon is one of the last of its kind.

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 Cape Lookout Lighthouse on the Crystal Coast will switch to a solar-powered system this week.Mike Gauthier is the superintendent at Cape Lookout…

When Deah Barakat was an undergraduate at NC State University, his father bought him a white house about five miles from campus. But Deah, who lived with…

For the first time ever, the Bodie Island Lighthouse will be open for public tours. The structure was built in 1872 and has been closed for a $5 million…

The Bodie Island Lighthouse might not be lit anytime soon. The National Park Service received about 3 million dollars in 2009 to renovate the structure…