The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a beach hazards statement at 11:47 a.m. on Saturday in effect until 8 p.m. for ...

BUXTON, N.C. — The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will soon undergo a major facelift as part of a $19.2 million multi-year project. In a release on Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) warned visitors ...

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse renovation in Dare County is taking longer than expected. Visitors to the Outer Banks of North ...

The NC Artificial Reef Program says it added about 1,500 tons of recycled concrete pipes and boxes to two offshore reefs off ...

Houses on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in recent years almost routinely fall into the ocean. What can be done to fix ...

Croatoan Island, as it was called in the 1500s, separates the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. The small Native American ...

As reported earlier in the Ocracoke Observer, Cape Hatteras National Seashore confirmed that on the morning of May 12, a leatherback sea turtle nested on Ocracoke Island—the first sea turtle nest ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (WITN) - Mandatory evacuations are underway on Hatteras Island as Hurricane Erin approaches, threatening the area with dangerous conditions. End-of-summer beach trips to Hatteras ...

When Hatteras celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, President Bill Duerr had reason to look back with pride. From its beginnings in a facility far too small, the Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based ...