This pile of marine debris has been collected since Monday from the uninhabited islands around Swansboro by a crew of commercial fishermen, boat captains and marine contractors and is being stored at Casper’s Marina in downtown Swansboro. The 2019 Post Hurricane Florence Marine Debris Collection Project, coordinated by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, is expected to continue for about a year. Photo: Jennifer Allen
The sun begins to set behind the Atlantic Beach high-rise bridge in this photo by Jennifer Allen on Wednesday, an unseasonably warm February evening.
The folks at Hammocks Beach State Park shared Tuesday this photo of the sun rising over the park in Swansboro. Rangers are offering a chance to see the park after the sun sets with two special programs.
The Emerald Isle Police Department warns beachgoers in a Facebook post Jan. 9 to keep an eye out for the potentially harmful Portuguese men-of-war being spotted along the beach in this Bogue Banks town.
A shrimp boat is silhouetted as the sun sets in Emerald Isle recently in this photo by Doug Waters.
Miriam Sutton of Beaufort captured this image of a monarch butterfly in November while out on a stroll around historic Carteret County town during the annual migration season.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials say a training mine containing no ordnance was discovered Nov. 25 on the beach south of Salvo. National Park Service Rangers anchored it in place until a Navy explosive ordnance disposal team from Norfolk, Virginia removed it. Photo: National Park Service
A gliding shorebird is cast in silhouette as the sun sets over Bogue Inlet and Bear Island. Photo: Sam Bland
Mature and immature blue herons hunker down during the deluge of Hurricane Florence. Photo: Sam Bland
Businesses and streets in downtown Manteo are inundated Thursday night by storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Michael, which receded fairly quickly after catching many off guard. Photo: Cory Hemilright
Born Aug. 22, a filly, the newest addition to the Corolla wild horse herd, stands with her mother just after her birth in this photo by Cathy Forgnone.
Reader Barry Fetzer recently captured this image of two swans on Queens Creek near Swansboro in Onslow County. Originally spelled Swannsborough, the town however, took its name in 1783 from Samuel Swann, a resident who served in the North Carolina House of Commons.
