On a beach where the sand is a playground, a highway and a refuge, the question is who gets priority – a 3-year-old girl with her plastic bucket, a 30-ton cement truck or a herd of wild horses?

After a record-setting number of visitors last summer, Currituck County leaders will vote next week on limiting beach parking permits for the four-wheel drive beaches of the northern Outer Banks.

Parking passes for Currituck County beaches are now available for the 2019 season. All vehicles parked on the beach must have a county-issued parking permit displayed from the Friday before Memorial ...

Currituck County will conduct a three-year study on beach erosion. The study will cover the 22.6 miles of the county’s Outer Banks stretching from the Virginia line to the Dare County border at Duck, ...

Through the month of July we have been sharing ideas for summer staycations. Today we head to one of the most popular vacation destinations on the East Coast. The Outer Banks of North Carolina. 175 ...

CURRITUCK CO, NC --Signs advising against swimming were posted Friday at two sound-side area in Currituck County, N.C. State environmental health officials say the bacteria levels are too high at the ...

Currituck County is resisting calls to widen beaches like other nearby coastal towns from Virginia Beach to Buxton. Officials propose instead new rules on pool construction at beachfront homes to ...

COROLLA, N.C. (WAVY) — U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued two kayakers whose vessels capsized near Currituck Beach Friday. Coast Guard officials say Sector North Carolina’s Command Center in Wilmington ...

COROLLA — The Currituck Banks shoreline is part of the Graveyard of the Atlantic, and the skeletal remains of ships are part of the beach, as the sand, wind and tide alternately reveal and then cover ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Visit this site at sunset for great photo opportunities and to see the sky bathed in brilliant hues. A photo on the park's bridge is a must. – Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor ...

CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — Parking passes for Currituck County beaches are now available for the 2019 season. All vehicles parked on the beach must have a county-issued parking permit displayed ...

Editor’s note the following story is republished with permission from CoastalReview.org. When 85 men, women and children lost their lives Jan. 31, 1878, as the Metropolis broke into pieces in the ...