This story is brought to you through our news-gathering partnership with The Outer Banks Voice. Every Tuesday morning, Colington Harbor residents Sharron and Rick Hildebrant have a routine. First, ...

Dozens of high school students and other volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing recycled oyster shells into mesh bags — the first step in a plan to create a "living reef" to fight land loss along ...

SURF CITY, N.C. (WECT) - In the state of North Carolina, it is actually illegal to just throw away your oyster shells. They need to be recycled and there are plenty of places to do that after your ...

EASTPOINT — Oyster shells can help rebuild a community in more ways than one. That's the hope with a pilot program in which a handful of restaurants in Franklin County are pitching in their oyster ...