Beachgoers in North Carolina this holiday weekend may get a rare opportunity to spot a gray seal.

The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an incident involving the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry that resulted in a 10-foot wave crashing onto the deck, damaging some cars.

A 5-year-old girl has drowned while swimming in a hotel pool in Wilmington.

The turtles are considered threatened in the Carolinas and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comment on the designation.

The University of North Carolina-Wilmington has settled with the family of a college student shot in 2006 by a New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy.

A former volunteer fire department chief in the east is now behind bars after police say he shot his wife and stole a neighbor's truck.

Firefighters in Wilmington are going to the public as they seek better pay and benefits.

The state's insurance companies and the top state regulator have agreed that homeowner's insurance policies can rise by a statewide average of 7 percent starting in July.

Castle Branch plans to create 420 new jobs in North Carolina by the end of 2017 and invest $10.2 million in its New Hanover County location.

A North Carolina lawmaker is gauging support for a bill to allow coastal towns to enforce smoking bans on beaches.

Currituck County's beaches receded anywhere from 2 to 7 feet along nearly 23 miles of the barrier island in 2011.

Debra Saunders-White was named Friday as the 11th leader of North Carolina Central University, a historically black university in Durham.

Wilmington police are investigating a rash of home invasions in recent weeks.

Officials say the blaze also spread to nearby homes in the coastal Pender County town.

A bit of Hollywood has come to Burgaw in Pender County and you can be a part of it.

Surf City police say around 3:20 a.m. on January 9th someone broke into the Tsunami Surf Shop.

Two women are dead after a head-on collision with a log truck in Pender County.

A new high rise bridge will be built over the intracoastal waterway to Topsail Island in Pender County. The project will replace a swing bridge that is nearly 60 years old.

New Hanover County officials have agreed to keep sheriff's deputies in all elementary schools for the rest of the year.

The surviving members of the Wilmington 10, their families and supporters are basking in their formal pardons in the city where their troubles started.

Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has issued pardons to the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution.

We found a few traditional events around eastern North Carolina. Please leave a comment about any fireworks events or events free to the public to ring in 2013.

Wilmington police say a man ended up shooting and killing his own brother after he heard someone breaking the glass to his front door.

The National Weather Service in Newport has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Carteret County north of Beaufort Wednesday afternoon. Winds are estimated to have reached 90mph.