Emerald Isle, North Carolina, confesses its obvious charms—brilliant blue-green waters, a verdant maritime forest, and lush marshes—in its name. From its place on the Crystal Coast, an 85-mile-long ...

State staff recommended Thursday’s move because of the park’s native history, sea level rise and the cost of fixing septic issues. CAMANO ISLAND — The cabins at Cama Beach Historical State Park are ...

Regarding the fate of the cabins at Cama Beach State Park (“State commission weighs permanent closure of Cama Beach cabins,” The Herald, July 18); many memories are held by families having vacationed ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

USA Today just named a North Carolina community as one of the best small towns along the coast in the country. The town of Duck, located at the northernmost point of the Outer Banks, landed at No. 8 ...

After Helene’s rains struck, Thomas Whiteside and his grandson watched a creek near their Black Mountain house rise hundreds of feet in minutes. Had they waited to evacuate, they would have been ...