PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The storied protector for sailors in the Atlantic is far from ship shape. Much like the restoration of an old home, the more engineers looked inside the Cape Hatteras ...

As far as famous coastal landmarks go, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in the Outer Banks is up there on the top of the list. Though a visit to the lighthouse is cool, it's key to understand that this ...

They shared an iconic name and the most noble of missions: saving lives. One widely recognized, celebrated and adored. The other, nearly forgotten. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has saved an untold ...

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The project to remove the Hatteras Lighthouse First Jetty has begun, and a new groin marks a new era for Buxton and the East ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In its 154 years, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton has saved countless mariners from disaster in the treacherous waters ...

Park staff discovered the nest of a green sea turtle this weekend at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the latest sea turtle nest ever recorded in North Carolina. National Park Service biologists found ...

The Outer Banks of North Carolina are basically a 200-mile-long series of ever-shifting sandbars that’ve earned the nickname the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” for their shipwrecking folklore. This ...

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WITN) - The discovery of two turtle nests on the Outer Banks has a lot of people talking. That’s because they are leatherback turtles, something that hasn’t happened in 20 years ...

RELATED VIDEO: What you need to know about rip current safety. OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) — Red flags are flying over multiple ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — The 32-foot vessel Pura Vida ran aground early Monday morning at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, roughly one mile south of the off-road vehicle ramp 38. According to the National ...