High winds and waves have been contributing to exposing more and more of a former Naval Defense Facility and the unknown ...

According to the National Park Service, the beach access is closed because of decades-long usage and area restorations that have yet to be performed. Officials said samples taken for the adjacent ...

Corps of Engineers contractors are to start work Friday near Old Lighthouse Beach in an intensified effort to find the source ...

Officials said the petroleum comes from historic military use of the site. They added that the erosion has also uncovered large quantities of “hazardous” remnant Navy and Coast Guard infrastructure, ...

As Buxton navigates this complex challenge, both the environment and the homes of residents hang in the balance. The USACE ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials expanded a beach closure this week as a precautionary measure against a “strong" ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced on Thursday they are temporarily expanding a beach closure on Buxton Beach due to ...

Remediation work for resurfaced petroleum contamination at Buxton Beach is underway, signaling one of the most intensive ...

The remnants of an unnamed storm that flooded parts of North Carolina’s Crystal Coast on Monday reached the Outer Banks this ...

N.C. — Cape Hatteras National Seashore expanded the temporary closure area of the Buxton Beach Access on Thursday, due to more petroleum contamination and exposed remnant military infrastructure.

MANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) – Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced on Thursday they are temporarily expanding a beach closure on Buxton Beach due to petroleum odors caused by erosion. Closure at ...