The marshes in and around the Pine Island Sanctuary house some 183 different bird species. But they are eroding due to the effects of rising seas and a changing climate. Now, the Audubon Society has embarked on a years-long surveying project to map the habitat of rare, secretive marsh birds. What they hear from the […]

The National Park Service was instrumental in building the bridge over North Carolina's Oregon Inlet after establishing Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the 1930s.

With the pandemic easing its grip, the summer vacation season is expected to set tourism records on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. But business owners won’t be able to take full advantage of the crowds because of COVID-19 and worker shortages.

Property owners in the Outer Banks town of Avon could see their taxes go up to help pay for the cost of fighting beach erosion.

Former state Senator Marc Basnight, an Outer Banks Democrat who became one of North Carolina's most powerful leaders while serving a record 18 years as…

Lifeguards on a beach in North Carolina's Outer Banks have posted a new purple flag that is adorned with images of a jelly fish and a stringray.The…

New federal flood maps have reclassified thousands of properties in Dare County from high-flood risk areas to lower risk ones called "shaded X zones."The…

North Carolina’s coastal counties draw millions of visitors each year with their scenic shorelines and festive events. Tourism is the primary economic…

North Carolina’s coastal counties draw millions of visitors each year with their scenic shorelines and festive events. Tourism is the primary economic…

A group that manages herds of wild horses in coastal North Carolina is warning drivers to watch out for the animals taking advantage of unseasonably warm…

Trex® is proud to sponsor local recycling programs in universities and communities throughout the country. If your team can collect more than 500 pounds of plastic refuse in a six-month span (about 40,500 plastic bags), we will donate a high-performance composite bench to your school or community. If our community can collect more than 500 […]

Outer Banks national park sites experience high and record visitor levels during first six months of 2021 MANTEO, N.C. — Over the first six months of 2021, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial experienced some of the highest levels of visitation ever recorded. At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, […]

We are well into summer now. As we reflect on our 70th anniversary, it was a summer night performance of The Lost Colony on a night just like these that inspired a group of North Carolina leaders and garden enthusiasts with the idea of creating a garden such as ours. Some say that we may be the […]

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. For a fee, guests are invited to a simple meal of soup, bread, drinks and dessert. Guests receive a handmade pottery bowl of their choice when they leave the event to remind them of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is […]

Albemarle Food Bank July 2021 911,031 lbs. of food distributed (to date). 426,187 lbs. of fresh local produce distributed. 12,808 lbs. of fresh produce distributed through the Albemarle Produce stand at the Food Bank! Hunger Action Month (September) is the Feeding America network’s nationwide awareness driver, designed to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger. […]

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children’s growth in many areas such as language, literacy, and social and emotional development. Who is eligible […]

For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport,” The Nation‘s reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed book–based on his legendary Harvard course–Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a […]