When the Army Corps of Engineers announced in May that a contract had been signed for fresh sand to be pumped onto Pleasure Island's beaches, Carolina and Kure beach officials expressed a sigh of ...

Recent storms caused significant beach erosion along the North Carolina coast, even without a direct hurricane landfall. Experts suggest that current coastal development and protection strategies are ...

Beach nourishment projects are becoming increasingly expensive, forcing some towns to make difficult decisions about funding. When the Army Corps of Engineers announced in May that a contract had been ...

On Topsail Island, chunks of sand that had been pumped onto the beaches in Surf City and Topsail Beach in the past year have washed away. In Wrightsville Beach, the pounding waves from the slow-moving ...