Fire marshal Steve Kovacs says 30 to 40 acres of marsh is burning off Little Colington Island. A huge plume of smoke can be seen from Kill Devil Hills.
North Carolina legislators have approved a four-year ban on using a state-sponsored science panel's predictions on the rate of sea level rise in dealing with coastal development issues.
WITN News at Sunrise went on the road, or rather the ferry, as Heather King and Jim Howard broadcast live from Ocracoke Island in Hyde County Friday morning.
Rainfall from Tropical Depression Beryl has helped erase drought conditions in Eastern Carolina. In fact, for the first time in two years there is no drought in the state.
While hurricane season officially doesn't start until Friday, it's a good idea to prepare now in case another storm hits Eastern Carolina. With already two named storms so far this year, many people are getting ready now.
Authorities say they received a call around noon that a boat was sinking at Brier Hall point, near the entrance to the Albemarle Sound and that two people were in the water.
Add another county to the meager list of those that voted against North Carolina's amendment defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman.
Dare County deputies have charged Thomas Kennedy of Kill Devil Hills with attempted sex offense by employee of governmental institution, misdemeanor sexual battery and sex offense by employee of government institution.
