Small islands in the Cape Fear River are slowly disappearing, alarming biologists due to their importance as vital bird ...

The Waterkeeper Alliance report found levels of 'forever chemicals' were higher below sewer plants and sludge fields nationwide as well as in the Carolinas.

Fuquay-Varina is requesting to transfer 6.17 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River basin. Concerns include worsening pollution, reduced water levels for recreation, and potential ...

The Army Corps of Engineers' Wilmington District has given preliminary approval to a plan to deepen the Cape Fear River shipping channel from its current 42 feet to 47 feet. Other actions involved in ...

LILLINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Three women, including one pregnant woman, were floating in the Cape Fear River when they saw storm clouds looming overhead. The women went tubing on the water Saturday, but ...

An old drawbridge over the Cape Fear River was found to have cracked locks, posing a risk of catastrophic failure. The opening of its replacement, the S. Thomas Rhodes Bridge, was expedited and ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)–“Don’t take the water and put it someplace else. Take it, use it, and use it for growth, but put it back that’s what all we are saying,” said New Hanover County Commissioner Rob ...

Two recent studies show the pervasiveness of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. One study found high levels of PFAS in sea foam at several beaches along North Carolina's coast. “Sea foam along North ...

A Brunswick County businessman has pleaded guilty to intentionally dumping pollutants into the Cape Fear River. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Eastern N.C. District, Andrews Simmons, ...

The town of Fuquay-Varina will soon be in serious need of more water, but its plan to get that water faces sharp opposition from stakeholders in the eastern part of the state. At a public hearing in ...