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 ...