The City of Anna Maria Island has made more progress toward rebuilding its beloved city pier, which was destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. City commissioners met last week to approve a ...

On October 10, 2025, in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, USA, @bullterrier4eva shared a video capturing the effects of high tide on the Bogue Sound. In the video, sea water rises and begins to submerge ...

The $4.6 million project will start within two months, according to the contract. The Anna Maria Island City Pier is damaged after Hurricane Milton last October. City commissioners have approved a ...

Auburn quarterback Cam Newton stiff-arms USC linebacker Tony Straughter during the Gamecocks' loss to the Tigers on Sept. 25, 2010. Gerry Melendez The State File Photo Cam Newton didn’t look or play ...

David Wayne Guin age 64, a.k.a. El Diablo, a local surfing legend, passed away September 22nd, 2025. He was born to Bob and Eileen Guin on January 9th, 1961, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Anyone who knew him ...

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WECT) - Christopher Batts has spent three days reflecting on the mass shooting that took place at a waterfront bar in Southport on Saturday night, where he was performing live music.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has arrested a woman accused of abusing an 8-year-old boy. According to BCSO, they received a child abuse report, leading detectives ...

The Gulf of Mexico has long been a crossroads of biodiversity and culture, a region shaped by mighty rivers and powerful hurricanes, oil platforms and vibrant coral reefs. Yet, beneath its surface, an ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th director of Scripps and as vice chancellor for marine sciences at the ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Humankind faces catastrophic changes in ...