There’s nowhere on earth quite like the Outer Banks, a string of wild but well-loved barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. Learn more about our 2025 Vacation of the Year.

For residents in the Outer Banks, housing availability and affordability are an issue they face every day. The prices for houses being built and rentals are constantly rising.

Pristine beaches await on this secluded North Carolina island, offering quaint vacation rentals, deep-sea fishing, and the ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, a strain of bird flu, has been confirmed near the Outer Banks, the North Carolina ... Farm in Virginia Beach test positive ...

A high surf advisory was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Tuesday at 3:34 p.m. valid from Wednesday 11 a.m.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a coastal flood advisory at 3:34 p.m. on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 1 p.m. until ...

March storms are notorious in the U.S. But none may have been as impactful to a larger swath of the East than 1993's ...

The North Carolina structure was featured in a magazine 163 years ago. Screengrab from the Outer Banks History Center on Facebook A hotel was North Carolina’s first “safe haven” for enslaved ...

The South is home to some of the finest stretches of sand and coastal communities in the country. Here are our readers' ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Although rare, the North Carolina coast is again facing a likely winter storm this season. Just last month, the Outer Banks and many beach areas of North Carolina were ...

An ongoing coastal storm has claimed a beachfront home along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the ... being hard hit by beach erosion and rising sea levels. In all, 11 homes have collapsed ...

Southern Living chose Airlie Gardens in Wilmington and all of the Brunswick Islands' beaches as two of the top 15 most ...