If you are heading to the beaches on Wednesday, watch out for higher-than-usual rip current risks today.

Here are the general rules around consumer fireworks: Fountain fireworks can't emit sparks or burning effects in a radius ...

Morning Beach Conditions A RED FLAG DAY with HIGH rip current risk at the beaches south of Cape Hatteras including Frisco, Hatteras Village and Ocracoke. A YELLOW FLAG DAY with ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) reminds visitors and adjacent homeowners that it is illegal to detonate fireworks, or have fireworks in your possession, on all Seashore beaches, ...

The Outer Banks consist of a collection of barrier islands along the North Carolina coast. The area is split into three regions, according to the Visitors Bureau: the Northern Beaches, Roanoke ...

North Carolina’s coastline is where you’ll find some of the best waves on the East Coast, making it a haven for surfing ...

With the holiday weekend approaching, all fireworks have been prohibited on all beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A new state law allows ABC stores across North Carolina to now be open on the Fourth of July, and ...

Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton in June. Photo by Joy Crist. With 730,301 visitors recorded during the first five months of 2025, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another ...

Rising 210 feet above the windswept sands of the Outer Banks, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse stands as a sentinel of maritime history, its iconic black-and-white spiral pattern a symbol of resilience ...

Carova is a remote stretch of the Outer Banks with no paved roads or commercial amenities, accessible only by 4x4 vehicles ...

A man died Monday afternoon while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean on Hatteras Island, according to a release. Dispatchers ...