Last month North Carolina doled out nearly $20 million in grants to help coastal communities better fortify and rebuild beach infrastructure battered by recent hurricanes, tropical storms, and ...

The Division of Coastal Management has opened for public comment a proposal to use no more than $50,000 to cover closing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

As we head into the colder months, Wilmington-area beaches will be growing less and less crowded, making it a great time to go. One local beach town in particular has been noted as a lesser-known ...

Topsail Beach, which was recently selected by NC Tripping as the Best Beach in North Carolina, is looking to be part of the many specialty license plates offered in the state. However, time is running ...

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. — A 14-year-old boy survived a shark attack at the North Carolina coast Sunday afternoon. North Topsail Beach police said Blayne Brown was waist-deep in the water when a ...