When a friend found out the painting she’d given me had made its way to a charity store, I wanted to dig a hole in the earth ...

While water quality in New Hanover County's tidal creeks is showing signs of improving, the long-term trend isn't as positive ...

The land that now comprises A.W. Marion State Park was once farmland, and hints of this agricultural heritage can still be spotted by observant visitors – old fence lines, the occasional foundation ...