If Oak Island hopes to grow its commercial base in the coming years and avoid placing more of the tax burden on residents, changes to the town’s commercial code need ...

This water tower at Howe and Brown streets has been replaced, of course, by a larger-capacity tank, and one more picturesque ...

When a September tropical cyclone washed out a section of East Moore Street in Southport, it cut off a preferred route to the Southport-Fort Fisher and Bald Head Island ferries.

Southport Mayor Rich Alt will face a familiar foe in the fall municipal election. Former Mayor Joe Pat Hatem, who Alt defeated in 2023 by just two votes, has filed to try to get his seat back. In ...

A busy summer season for the Oak Island Beach Safety Unit took a turn for the worse late Saturday afternoon after a woman from Creedmoor died on the shore near 54th Place West. According to a release ...

Dosher Memorial Hospital hosted a drive-through food donation event which, between staff and community donations combined, ...

Some Southport residents fear what might happen to the city’s character and charm if a proposed Local Historic District Overlay map isn’t approved by aldermen.

During the July 8 Boiling Spring Lakes Board of Commissioners meeting at city hall, Michael Hanson of McGill Associates explained the delay in the Pine Lake Dam reconstruction.