Topsail Island sits about 40 miles northeast of Wilmington. The 26-mile-long barrier island off the North Carolina coast is home to three charming seaside towns: North Topsail Beach, Surf City, and ...

Though it’s located on a barrier island shared between Pender and Onslow counties, all of Topsail Beach falls within Pender’s boundaries. The beach offers 20 accesses to the beach and 9 to the sound.

TOPSAIL, N.C. (WECT) - Many people in Topsail Beach are watching the beach slowly erode into the sea, which is why the town is set to begin a beach renourishment project. The dredging is set to begin ...

The popular undeveloped southern tip of Topsail Island appears safe from development. But there are still a few hurdles to ...

One of Raleigh’s most prominent multimillionaires has scrapped plans for a family compound on conserved land on Topsail Island. Two-plus years after signing a contract to purchase what locals call ...

Two days of stiff winds and high waves clawed at the North Carolina coast this week, eroding as much as 20 feet of the beach in places, officials said. By Wednesday, the system that battered the coast ...

SURF CITY, N.C. (WECT) - This weekend, 17 people were memorialized in reef balls at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital and then laid to rest at the bottom of the ocean near Topsail Beach.

A Pender County post office is set to permanently close its doors on Sept. 30. The post office has been operated by postmaster Doris Jenkins for 63 years. Although the post office will be going away, ...

A Spring Hope man visiting Topsail Beach Sound on Thursday afternoon couldn’t figure out what was going on in the water. It prompted Peyton Stamper to fly his drone over the area to figure out what ...

Topsail Beach is mourning the loss of Mayor Steve Smith, who passed away peacefully on Friday, according to a news release from the town. Smith served the Topsail Beach community for nearly a decade ...