The 11th annual volunteer headcount of diamondback terrapins in coastal waters from Carteret County to Brunswick County kicks ...

As a committee of the Environmental Management Commission works to draft a PFAS monitoring framework rule, environmental advocates argue the draft language protects industry polluters.

The Environmental Management Commission voted during its meeting Thursday to take the next step in the rulemaking process to ...

A World Water Day event March 22 in Wilmington will focus on PFAS and 1,4-dioxane pollution in the Cape Fear River.

Paint crews work high above the deck of the NC State Port of Morehead City Thursday as a new protective coating is applied to ...

A draft amendment to the state's Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan would level the catch quota 50/50 between ...

Of the 99 counties experiencing drought or abnormally dry conditions in the state, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow and Pamlico counties are classified as experiencing severe drought.

NEW BERN — The commission that makes decisions about coastal development is moving ahead with public comment on proposed language to reinstate Jockey’s Ridge protections previously in place for ...

MOREHEAD CITY – Carteret Community College is launching in March its Living Shoreline Academy, a course of instruction to help people design, permit and install their own living shoreline projects. A ...

The North Carolina Coastal Federation is partnering with two private firms to build a one-acre salt marsh to serve as a “donor marsh” for scarce native salt marsh plants coastal restoration projects.

Hurricanes and development have diminished this Brunswick County beach town's naturally protective tree canopy, but a planting effort and new rules may reverse the trend and ensure the name remains ...