John Wilson, founder of the Outer Banks Conservationists, was in Boston last week at a preservation conference, extolling the virtues of nonprofit ownership of historic landmarks. Wilson knows a lot ...

The Currituck Beach Lighthouse needs work. Crucial cast iron pieces supporting and protecting parts of it are supposed to be getting their first makeover since the beacon was built 145 years ago. But ...

Editor’s note: WNCT.com’s limited weekly summer series, called Summer Ventures, is back. It was so successful and received so many positive comments, we decided to have another season of it. WNCT ...

COROLLA, N.C. — The coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on planned repairs at a 145-year-old lighthouse in eastern North Carolina. A nonprofit that runs the Currituck Beach Lighthouse is now ...

Before you head for the beach, WRAL's Morning News is cruising the coast for a look at what is new and changing. In Currituck County, a zoning battle threatens to shut down a popular lighthouse. The ...

Visitors to the Outer Banks can now climb the Currituck Beach Lighthouse — albeit while wearing masks and trying to maintain some social distancing. The key to the lighthouse’s reopening on Labor Day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of North Carolina’s lighthouses are reopening to climbing after doors closed last season over pandemic constraints. They were ...

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 ...