It just might be time for a beach getaway. We've narrowed our list of the best beaches to visit in North Carolina.

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.

Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A new preschool will be opening on Oak Island soon, and it will help students get a head start in learning Spanish as a second language. Escuela Del Sol, a language and ...

“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Except for the ...

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South Carolina Upstate. The largest fires in WNC were in the the Black Cove Complex in Polk and Henderson counties ...

Hundreds of firefights from across the U.S. are battling the worst wildfires in the country taking place in Western North Carolina and South Carolina's Upstate. As of Sunday morning, there were ...

according to the North Carolina Forest Service wildfire map. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service warned that the Carolinas would face fire danger throughout the rest of the week. "The ...

Behind the scenes and off the island, a historic replica of the lighthouse’s first-order Fresnel lens is being constructed by Dan Spinella of Artworks Florida, who is one of the only people in the ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - Applications are now available for the training academy for the Town of Oak Island’s Ocean Rescue and Beach Service Units. The town is merging the two units to allow more ...

As of March 23, 78 wildfires have burned 2,424.8 acres in North Carolina. Here's how many fires remain active in both states and where they are located.