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 […] ...

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

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 ...

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 N.C. Ferry Division’s Ocracoke-Hatteras passenger ferry service has temporarily suspended operations due to mechanical ...

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 ...

Liberty Island off of Avon in June. Photo by Joy Crist. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has announced an updated timeline for the Buxton beach nourishment project, with the dredge Liberty Island now ...

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