Hatteras News

Amber Lawson signs up to receive more information from the Educational Opportunity Center while her friend, Brittany King, left, waits to do the same.

The foundation managing half of North Carolina's share of the national tobacco settlement violated open meetings laws and could be better protected from investment risk and political influence, State Auditor Beth Wood's office said Monday.

Greenville, N.C., to launch recycling education campaign. Greenville, N.C., residents will be asked to "Recycle More" this fall through a campaign launched with the help of the Curbside Value Partnership , Stamford, Conn.

The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum stands on the tip of an island off whose shores savage storms regularly sunk merchant ships, battleships, sailing ships, cruise ships and even a few pirate ships.

North Carolina's Scenic Byways program has garnered attention from the federal government, which has bestowed two of the state's routes with prestigious national designations.

The North Carolina Museum of History is presenting an exhibit of decades-old photographs that aren't so far removed from events of today.

The design team for new exhibits at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on the North Carolina coast wants to hear ideas from the public.

A 180-DAY BAN on recreational anglers keeping any black sea bass caught in federal waters north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., has the fishing community gnashing its teeth.

Consumers in North Carolina could get a break next year on the purchase of certain energy-efficient appliances, thanks to federal stimulus money.

To the Editor: Emphasizing the significant economic importance of recreational fishing in South Jersey, U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo has petitioned U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to suspend the recently-enacted premature closure of the black sea bass fishery.

North Carolina is wisely dipping only its big toe into coastal wind power. The state, UNC and Duke Energy are planning to build as many as three enormous wind turbines in Pamlico Sound, between the mainland and the Outer Banks.

A cold front that brought us morning clouds with scattered showers is now moving off the coast.

From a bird's-eye view, it was a pretty good summer at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

From a bird's-eye view, it was a pretty good summer at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Anyone who has ever stayed in an upper-story condo or hotel room in Atlantic Beach, Morehead City or Beaufort knows about the competing views.

A famous 3,300-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti has been moved to its new permanent home at Berlin's restored Neues Museum.

Bewildering is just one of the many - and kinder - words one can use to describe NOAA's loopy decision to close the black sea bass fishery.

Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill have concluded what many North Carolinians have long surmised: Strong winds in the coastal region mean there's a potential for large-scale wind energy generators - offshore and perhaps in part of eastern Pamlico Sound.

Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill have concluded what many North Carolinians have long surmised: Strong winds in the coastal region mean there's a potential for large-scale wind energy generators - offshore and perhaps in part of eastern Pamlico Sound.

By Daren Bakst Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States has had an energy policy for decades.