Trista Talton

Flooding at U.S. 17 at Town Creek in Brunswick County Sept. 18, a few days after an unnamed storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the region. Photo: Brunswick County Sherriff’s Office

North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality has introduced temporary limits on PFAS in groundwater, following concerns about contamination around the Chemours plant in Fayetteville.

Residents in the Brunswick County town have been speaking out against using for warehousing the 87 acres that went out for bid a year ago at the former wood treatment site.

Wildlife officials say the recent downlisting from endangered to threatened is a success story, but opponents say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s reclassification is premature.

Abandoned vessels on the Rachel Carson Reserve negatively effects the habitat. Photo: Rachel Carson Reserve

Beach vitex leaves are shown up close. Photo: Jim Robbins, Creative Commons

Jockey’s Ridge State Park boasts the tallest living sand dune on the Atlantic coast. Photo: Contributed

Debris is scattered Friday from the unoccupied house that collapsed overnight Thursday in Rodanthe. Photo: National Park Service

Ocean Isle Beach became the first North Carolina beach town to test the effectiveness of straw hay bales during a pilot project in 2023. Photo courtesy of Peter Maguire

Hurricane Helene is shown in this satellite image moving into the Gulf of Mexico at 3:51 p.m. Sept. 25. Photo: NOAA