Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer editorial boards combined in 2019 to ...

Corissa Martinez looks out over the Pamlico Sound in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy churns up the east coast. Nearly four decades of research ended this year because a ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. (WITN) - Ferry routes on the Pamlico Sound will shift to their summer schedules this week. According to the North Carolina Ferry System, the Swan Quarter - Ocracoke and Cedar Island - ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A tragic boating accident occurred on the Pamlico River in Beaufort County, resulting in the death of a 13-year-old passenger and minor injuries to the 14-year-old ...

A boating accident on the Pamlico River claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and left a 14-year-old with minor injuries on Friday, August 22. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. near the Mimosa ...

Hundreds of supporters of North Carolina's shrimp industry, many from coastal counties, descended on the state legislature to protest a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Republican state lawmakers are on the cusp of doing something they’re usually undoing – ...

Republican state lawmakers are on the cusp of doing something they're usually undoing – protecting the environment. The state Senate's Republican majority has voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill ...