On North Carolina’s barrier islands, the line between road and ocean has become dangerously thin. The image of pavement ...

In North Carolina’s Outer Banks, there is just one road that links these islands, which happens to be one of the most ...

A dreamy summer vacation turned into a messy, sweaty nightmare for 10,000 tourists on the Outer Banks when the power went off and air conditioners stopped humming, and officials ordered visitors to ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — A recent communications outage on Hatteras Island is reigniting concerns over the lack of reliable infrastructure in one of the Outer Banks’ most remote areas, an issue that ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As Hurricane Erin is likely to impact the North Carolina coast, a tropical storm watch was issued Monday for much of the North Carolina coast, including the Outer Banks, the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Officials at the North Carolina coast on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Dare County and Hyde County and ordered an evacuation of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island at ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes news on Erin for Monday, Aug. 18. For the latest news on Hurricane Erin, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Tuesday, Aug. 19. Hurricane Erin fluctuated in intensity on ...

A mysterious shipwreck has revealed itself on the Outer Banks island of Ocracoke, and there is a possibility it’s the remains of a steamboat that claimed 90 lives in 1837. Ray Stallings photo A ...

One of the most popular islands on North Carolina’s Outer Banks is getting bigger. North Core Banks — popularly known as Portsmouth Island — was violently cut apart by Hurricane Dorian the first week ...

One of three National Park Service lighthouses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has opened to climbers for spring and fall. The 1848 Bodie Island Lighthouse, in Nags Head, opened Friday for daily, self ...