Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Robert S. Young Is North Topsail Beach the most poorly managed beach community in ...

The N.C. Coastal Land Trust said it is poised to meet the ambitious goal of raising roughly $8 million to purchase and protect "The Point," a beloved undeveloped piece of oceanfront property at the ...

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. (WNCN) — A fire destroyed an oceanfront home at North Topsail Beach early Sunday morning. The blaze was reported around 4:45 a.m. at a duplex, according to Beth Earnest ...

Strong winds from a low pressure system over North Carolina's Outer Banks wreaked more havoc on Oct. 28, flooding the island chain's only highway in several locations and collapsing another five ...

For less than the in-season rate on one night at a motel in some other beach town, the careful investor could snatch up the deed to an oceanfront lot at North Topsail Beach when 55 parcels go up for ...