Just a short drive north of downtown Wilmington sits one of the region's biggest bodies of water that's easily accessible to the public and offers some great boating opportunities. But the popular ...

Duke University scientists recently released a study showing that Duke Energy has for years polluted Wilmington’s Sutton Lake with coal ash. Responding to its latest coal ash scandal, Duke Energy’s ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Water samples collected from various locations indicate that coal ash released from a landfill under construction during Hurricane Florence has not impacted water quality in ...

Five of North Carolina’s lakes—some recreational sites and vistas for homeowners—contain large quantities of coal ash sediment, as found in a study published by scientists at Duke University and ...

Sutton Lake, a popular fishing and boating area in New Hanover County, has as much or more coal ash contamination at its bottom than was found in the Dan River, site of a 2014 coal ash spill, Duke ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Duke University scientist says a toxic stew of coal ash has spilled repeatedly and apparently unnoticed from storage pits at a Wilmington power plant into an adjoining lake, and ...

Sept. 21 (UPI) --A dam containing a lake owned by utility Duke Energy was breached by floodwaters Friday, potentially sending coal ash into the Cape Fear River, the North Carolina-based company said.

Environmental attorneys and a Cape Fear River advocacy group are looking closely at a possible Duke Energy coal ash spill near Sutton Lake in Wilmington. Charlotte-based Duke Energy, in a news release ...