East Carolina University public health educator and longtime environmental advocate Dr. Donald E. Ensley of Greenville died ...

Advisory committees to the Marine Fisheries Commission are hosting meetings in April as part of the public comment period on ...

Proposed limits on the commercial harvest of blue crabs faces critics who say the management plan amendment is based on a ...

Raleigh-based transportation contractor Fred Smith Co. is to begin the $2.4 million project, a milling and resurfacing ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Coastal Management is hosting a public hearing in Currituck County ...

It costs an additional $1-$3 million a year to remove 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen, from drinking water drawn from the ...

Third in a series A chemical manufacturer that discharged pollutants directly into the Cape Fear River for decades has asked a judge to keep thousands of documents out of the public eye. Attorneys for ...

Drought conditions continued throughout much of North Carolina this week, where a statewide open burn ban remained in effect as firefighters continued to battle a wildfire in western part of the state ...

The Outer Banks Community Foundation announced this week that it had awarded $71,992 in Community Enrichment Grants to 10 nonprofits, funding projects that support youth, preserve history and bring ...

A state Department of Transportation crew works high above the Newport River Tuesday inspecting the underside of the Morehead ...