Ocean Isle Beach News

Ocean Isle Beach commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend more than $8,750 to buttress sandbags protecting the ends of Third and Columbia streets on the island's east end.

Ocean Isle Beach property owner Jane Oakley remembers the day her neighbor's lot was leveled and cleared in the mid 1990s.

Robeson County officials say that the work they accomplished at last week's three-day retreat in Ocean Isle Beach far exceeds the retreat's price tag of $3,512 Ken Windley, the county's manager, calls the retreat a "good deal for the county." Windley said the total cost includes $1,700 for 13 rooms for two nights, renting a conference room, and ...

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 10:14 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 10:14 a.m. Southeastern N.C. Looking for the right wine for Valentine's Day? There are lots of chances this week to find the perfect bottle.

Former Calabash Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Chief J.P. Knott was arrested Friday morning and charged with felony embezzlement.

A Brunswick County man is facing drug related charges after police found marijuana plants in his home.

Teresa Taylor can hardly wait for spring so she can take the plastic off the outside openings of her small restaurant's vestibule/dining area and put the ashtrays back on the three picnic tables that accommodate her eat-in customers.

Some Brunswick County property owners are finding out a deal that appears to good to be true, just may be.

Brunswick County commissioners support the northern route for the proposed Cape Fear Skyway, which would connect Brunswick and New Hanover counties.

Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8:17 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8:17 a.m. LELAND Victory Free Will Baptist Church of Leland is teaming with Faith Building Missions of Ocean Isle Beach to provide food and needed supplies for Haiti.

Published: Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:17 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:17 a.m. Silver Coast Winery, at 6680 Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach, announced that the response was so wonderful to its first series of ballroom dance classes, with award-winning ballroom dancers Jim Sterner and Donna Rosen, it has extended the series ...

Scotland Community Health Clinic officials prepare for the second annual Kaleidoscope fundraiser and auction.

When the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 12, thousands of people were killed and even more were injured.

The N.C. Coastal Federation is questioning the effectiveness of the groin at Oregon Inlet, one of five oceanfront structures a coastal engineering firm is studying to help gauge the feasibility of allowing new terminal groins along the North Carolina coast.

The Ocean Isle Property Owners Association wants the town of Ocean Isle Beach to have its own bandstand, but town officials will not support the suggested placement.

The financially struggling North Carolina Symphony is getting a boost from violinist Joshua Bell.

Town council voted Monday to get a second appraisal of a 5.22-acre waterway site the town is supposed to buy for a future park if 50 percent grant funding is secured.

A North Carolina woman has been charged in connection with a prescription pill ring in Bolivia, N.C., according to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office.

Published: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:35 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:35 a.m. The following is information from the office of Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram.

Published: Monday, January 4, 2010 at 9:52 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 4, 2010 at 9:52 p.m. The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners on Monday passed stringent rules on new electronic gaming operations that one existing operator says would prohibit them from being profitable.