The National Park Service has awarded the Currituck Beach Lighthouse to Outer Banks Conservationists after a long and public battle with Currituck County for ownership of the historic beacon.

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and Virginia's Cape Henry. Then, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla was created. To this ...

One hundred thousand sightseers per year climb the 220 steps to the top of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. But for 58 years, a head keeper or his assistant climbed those steps alone each day to wind ...

COROLLA| Currituck, North Carolina's northernmost lighthouse, is also its newest — at least in terms of the traditional brick form we all know and love. Built in 1875 and left unpainted — by choice, ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior may tweak the review-and-appeal process it's using for disposing of 300 federally owned lighthouses following the contentious and drawn-out battle for ownership of ...

John Wilson, founder of the Outer Banks Conservationists, was in Boston last week at a preservation conference, extolling the virtues of nonprofit ownership of historic landmarks. Wilson knows a lot ...

The Currituck Beach Lighthouse needs work. Crucial cast iron pieces supporting and protecting parts of it are supposed to be getting their first makeover since the beacon was built 145 years ago. But ...

Before you head for the beach, WRAL's Morning News is cruising the coast for a look at what is new and changing. In Currituck County, a zoning battle threatens to shut down a popular lighthouse. The ...

Editor’s note: WNCT.com’s limited weekly summer series, called Summer Ventures, is back. It was so successful and received so many positive comments, we decided to have another season of it. WNCT ...

Here’s one for the “oh puhleeeeze” file: Despite a negative opinion from the state Attorney General’s Office, Currituck County officials say they are going ahead with plans to fine the new nonprofit ...