A new state ruling will make it easier for the owners of houses like this one to replace septic systems lost to storms on the beach as long as they are 50 feet from the water at low tide.
Wider Beach Saved S. Nags Head
A beach re-nourishment project is credited with minimizing damage in South Nags Heads during Hurricane Sandy.
Preserving a Piece of the Woods
Nags Head and the N.C. Nature Conservancy have bought a 20-acre tract that was the center of a dispute last year over development in the Nags Head Woods Preserve.
When It Rains, It Pours
That’s what it’s done all summer in Nags Head, where a 50-year-old network of ditches, culverts and pipes dramatically showed its age after more than 3 feet of rain.