Late June’s scorching temperatures and punishing heat index, now forecasted to bleed into July, have prompted Brunswick ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials encourage the public to attend the two permitted fireworks shows celebrating ...

New state rules for nonjurisdictional wetlands are mandated by the legislature for adoption but must still face Environmental Protection Agency approval. Photo: NCDEQ Aligning North Carolina’s ...

As tempers flare over a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state’s inland and nearby offshore waters -- a Senate move ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is accepting nominations for the annual Thomas L. Quay Award through Friday.

A public comment period is open on a proposed management plan that seeks to rebuild the once-abundant birds' numbers by ...

A controversial bill in the North Carolina General Assembly that would ban shrimp trawling in inshore waters and offshore ...

Forceful and outspoken, this passionate advocate for the commercial fishing industry has spent 30 years in the business and served in fisheries management.

An exhibit opening this weekend in Jacksonville features paintings by artist Rik Freeman of Washington, D.C., that depict ...

Work has begun at the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus to upfit an existing service road as part of a federally ...

Least terns are excellent fish-catchers, and when feeding their young can deliver about two fish per hour. Males also catch ...

Despite public outcry against the move, the Senate has voted in favor of the shrimp trawling ban in inshore waters and within ...