Updated: 06/15/2013 - Two people were rescued by the Coast Guard and a good Samaritan, after their sailboat began to take on water.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - A North Carolina institution is taking pride in a Tony Award for major contributions to American theater.

Updated: 06/10/2013 - The Dare County Sheriff's Office has identified the two people involved in a murder-suicide.

Updated: 06/08/2013 - The DOT says Highway 12 fell victim to heavy rains and high surf from Andrea, but the road is now fine. The picture is from Friday, from a DOT camera near the Duck and Southern Shores line.

Updated: 06/07/2013 - Strong winds from Tropical Storm Andrea have made ferry travel between Ocracoke and both Cedar Island and Swan Quarter too dangerous, so the afternoon trips on those routes have been cancelled.

Updated: 06/06/2013 - A man on his honeymoon on Ocracoke died after friends say he got caught by an undercurrent and drowned.

Updated: 06/06/2013 - A husband and father of five is dead after drowning in the waters off the Outer Banks.

Updated: 06/02/2013 - A black bear is being blamed for some trouble in one Eastern Carolina county that includes turning over trash cans and damaging a car over the course of two days.

Posted: 05/31/2013 - Dredging operations are under way in the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry channel to help return the route to its original path.

Posted: 05/31/2013 - AAA Carolinas has released its annual bad bridges report. The travel group says 5,190 bridges in North Carolina are substandard, which is actually a lower number than last year's report.

Updated: 05/24/2013 - The National Park Service is offering two full moon tours of the 257-step Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Updated: 05/24/2013 - Police said an 18-year-old admitted to texting while driving before she took out a wooden town sign and hit three parked cars.

Updated: 05/30/2013 - 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.

Updated: 05/19/2013 - Elizabeth City Police say that they are searching for a woman who witnesses say struck a man with her vehicle and left the scene.

Updated: 05/19/2013 - The Coast Guard says that it has rescued a man who suffered a heart attack on a cruise ship off our state’s coast.

Updated: 05/19/2013 - A Tyrrell County man is behind bars accused of attacking a woman.

Updated: 05/16/2013 - Shifting sand continues to cause problems to get the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries back on their original route.

Posted: 05/16/2013 - One of Corolla's wild horses is getting nursed back to health after an unusual and dangerous plunge into the surf.

Updated: 05/17/2013 - Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Willie Gilchrist today says he is resigning and plans to formally retire June 30th.

Updated: 05/10/2013 - The National Park Service says "Captain" is a new colt who was born on Wednesday.

Posted: 05/09/2013 - The mother of a woman who died during the sinking of a ship during Superstorm Sandy has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vessel.

Updated: 05/08/2013 - A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Elizabeth City rescued Trevor Wilson from his 24-foot sailboat around 9:00 a.m. some 70 miles east of Kitty Hawk.

Posted: 05/07/2013 - Last Saturday, the troopers found one of their cars splattered with paint, while the other had its rear window broken with a concrete block. The cruisers were parked at a motel.

Posted: 05/07/2013 - Back on April 4th Currituck County deputies say they received a report of a woman sexually assaulted by someone impersonating an officer on Highway 158 in Barco.

Posted: 05/07/2013 - A sign of the approaching summer is the new ferry schedule for the Ocracoke-Hatteras run.

Updated: 05/06/2013 - Dozens of North Carolina coastal fishermen are making their voices heard on legislation that would essentially prevent commercial boats from catching and selling three fish species.

Updated: 04/30/2013 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold five public meetings in the South to hear people's opinions about using genetically modified crops on wildlife refuges as food for migrating waterfowl.

Updated: 04/25/2013 - A WITN viewer has some incredible video of a shark off the North Carolina coast.

Updated: 04/19/2013 - The National Park Service says this is the first lighthouse fee increase in five years.

Updated: 04/16/2013 - A grand jury in Elizabeth City earlier this month charged Harry Mann in a multi-count indictement.