The state Senate's proposed budget approved Thursday includes new tolls to ride the currently free state ferries and ...

Oak Island's west end, known as "The Point," is getting fresh sand thanks to the corps dredging Lockwood Folly Inlet at the Intracoastal Waterway.

The fresh sand will help a section of the town's beach where some oceanfront homes are relying on sandbags to hold back the encroaching Atlantic.