Rock by the barge full is currently being dropped into a section of the Pamlico Sound as part of an oyster sanctuary on the NC coast. Worldwide oyster populations are struggling, and while they may ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) - Environmental groups here in the East are helping preserve the coast with a big boost from state money. The North Carolina Coastal Federation and the North Carolina Division of ...

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 – ...

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 ...

In April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced $27.25 million from the federal Inflation Reduction Act will be invested in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound. The funding will help support ...

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 ...