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Taxpayers may foot bill to shore up vulnerable coastal town

In the late 1990s, with the economy roaring and coastal property at a premium, wealthy landowners at Folly Beach started building a row of houses on a stretch of seashore that had grown wider than a football field. Now, homeowners are relying on millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded renourishment projects to protect their homes from the encroaching sea. » read more

Quick fix will restore main Outer Banks highway in a month

A temporary manufactured bridge will be installed across the largest breach at Hatteras Island, restoring traffic on N.C. 12 within a month, Gov. Bev Perdue announced Friday. Hatteras Island has been cut off from the mainland since Hurricane Irene's storm surge washed out big chunks of the highway a week ago. » read more

Irene wasn't overhyped for rural areas on East Coast

While many in major East Coast cities wondered whether officials over-prepared the public for Hurricane Irene, the answer from the mostly rural areas hardest hit by the storm was unequivocally no. » read more