Oak Island News

How is the location of the mouth of the Cape Fear River legally defined? StarNews file photo Buy photo A container ship makes its way through the shipping channel into the mouth of the Cape Fear River near Bald Head Island Tuesday Nov.

Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:56 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:56 a.m. SOUTHPORT The Friends of the Library Southport/Oak Island and the Southport Department of Tourism will once again welcome Professor Nancy King, accompanist Patricia Ainspac and the University of North Carolina Wilmington Opera Outreach Project ...

Your weekly look into government e-mails . So I decided I need a name for this regular blog post that features what I find when searching through the database of Brunswick County officials' e-mails. I came up with "The Subject Line."A What do you think? Also, the e-mail digs are catching on.

Published: Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 9:41 p.m. Rather than fret passively about the decline of the regional fishing industry and commercial dock space, a group of Brunswick County fishermen is trying to do something about it.

Submitted by Kevin Wuzzardo on 1 February 2010 - 1:25pm. READ MORE: State Rep. Frank Iler plans to run to keep his seat representing Brunswick County in the State House of Representatives.

Clerk Elwood Stanley stocks shelves with liquor at the Brunswick County ABC store near Holden Beach Wednesday, Jan.

Just in time for the peak of hurricane season, the new Oak Island bridge should be open in September.

Published: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:53 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:53 a.m. This isn't your granddaddy's golf game.

The long wait for Oak Island's second bridge is almost over. North Carolina Department of Transportation officials say that despite delays, they expect to complete Oak Island's second bridge in late September 2010.

An Oak Island man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle wreck when his car ran off the road and flipped several times.

Supplied photo by Donna Finley An injured pelican walks around Bald Head Island with a broken wing on Dec.

Work is under way on the runway extension at Brunswick County Airport in Oak Island on Tuesday, Jan.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC - Another Republican has joined the race to fill RC Soles Senate seat.

Some are calling the perpetrator a Pelican Monster because of the brutal way in which these beautiful brown birds are left to slowly suffer and die along the shores of North Carolina 's beaches.

Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 5:52 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 5:52 p.m. Trying to communicate risk is never easy or popular, especially when it involves a slow-moving change that could take decades to manifest itself as a serious problem.

Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:04 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:04 a.m. Southport The license plate agency between Southport and Oak Island moved to a new location Tuesday, at 4831 Port Loop Road, Unit 2, off Long Beach Road, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Sheriff's deputies in Brunswick County, N.C., are searching for a man wanted on charges related to multiple break-ins in the Supply area, according to Lt.

A teenager died Tuesday in an accident on Sunset Harbor Road around 5 p.m. Tuesday in what Highway Troopers call "one of the most horrific impacts" they have every seen.

Sunset River Marketplace is featuring paintings by watercolor artist Richard Staat in a show titled "Watercolors with a Transparent Touch," from Jan.

The Sunset Beach Intracoastal Waterway bridge in Sunset Beach, N.C., is proceeding on schedule.