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 ...

ENGELHARD, N.C. — Two people were rescued from a sinking boat by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of North Carolina Thursday. According to a news release, a call for help came in around 2 a.m. from ...

ENGELHARD, N.C. (WITN) - Two people were rescued this morning from a sinking fishing boat in the Pamlico Sound. The U.S. Coast Guard says it got the call around 2:00 a.m. The 35-foot ‘Heather’s Breeze ...

A Southern flounder being released into the water. Legislation that would force an expansion of recreational fishing seasons for two popular coastal fish species has passed the North Carolina House.

WASHINGTON, N.C. — Nine sites failed to meet recreational water-quality standards on the Lower Neuse and Tar-Pamlico rivers this week. In the Neuse watershed, Oak Bluff Road in Kinston, Glenburnie ...