Hotline Outer Banks is launching a comprehensive public awareness campaign this July to educate residents and visitors that ...

Newport/Morehead City office has issued a Heat Advisory for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 17, as dangerous […] ...

A two-week-old litter of pups born in 2025 to Red Wolf 2359F in North Carolina. Photo by USFWS. Four litters of red wolf pups were born in the wild in eastern North Carolina this spring, giving the ...

Mounds of dredge material left without warning in disposal areas in Pamlico Sound dominated heated discussion at the Dare ...

The public has a nei way to keep tabs on transportation projects that are underway or upcoming, whether they are in a nearby ...

The N.C. Ferry Division’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry resumed normal operations on Wednesday morning, July 15, after a ...

The Island Free Press has been recognized with nine awards in the North Carolina Press Association’s annual journalism contest, including two first-place honors for editor Joy Crist and a first-place ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A new state audit says North Carolina’s program for identifying and cleaning up old, unregulated ...

View from the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center. Photo by Jack Danz. The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is accepting applications for FY2027 funding through ...

Federal, state and local officials toured erosion-prone areas of Hatteras Island on Friday, July 10, following FEMA’s recent ...

A major beach nourishment project designed to help protect Buxton’s oceanfront shoreline and critical infrastructure is now ...