Cape Lookout National Seashore Coverage

NC's beaches have plenty to offer in winter

While summer is the most popular time to visit North Carolina's beaches, winter offers a unique and serene experience.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Tar Heel Traveler: Beaufort Boatmakers

Ahead of the Tar Heel Traveler's lighthouses special on WRAL, Scott Mason traveled to Beaufort to meet boatmakers with a view of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.

Lighthouse road trip: Here's how to visit each of NC's iconic lighthouses

North Carolina lighthouses guide: Including how to get tickets, what days they are open and how to get there.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

Park service asks for help identifying sea creatures

The National Parks Service is asking the public for help identifying some strange sea creatures found along North Carolina's coast.

'She was pretty exhausted and hot': NPS workers help disoriented sea turtle

Cape Lookout National Seashore workers helped a disoriented loggerhead sea turtle return to the water.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Loggerhead sea turtle returns to the water at Cape Lookout National Seashore

Workers with the National Park Service's Cape Lookout National Seashore helped a loggerhead sea turtle in need on Thursday. Video courtesy of Cape Lookout National Seashore

Durham man's body washes ashore near Cape Lookout

The body of a Durham man washed ashore near Cape Lookout on Monday morning, officials said.

Reward increased for information on Fort Bragg soldier death, investigators say it's 'a real mystery'

Officials with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command is offering a reward of $50,000 for any information related to the death of SPC Enrique Roman-Martinez, 21, who was last seen on May 22.

Maggie Brown, WRAL Multiplatform producer

Safety concerns prompt 2-year closure of Cape Lookout Lighthouse

The National Park Service has closed the Cape Lookout Lighthouse on the North Carolina coast for 2021 because of structural problems that could create a safety hazard, officials said Friday.

TOM EARNHARDT: Measuring time, remembering little things, reflecting on new appreciations

Sunday, March 21, 2021 -- Looking back, we will all recall the separation from others and the use of masks around close friends and even family. ... Reflect on the notes written and received, the courage of our children, the support of a spouse or partner, the warmth of friends, and the kindness of strangers. ... I will remember important people and moments, but I will also savor the unexpected gifts from nature. ... A dazzling sunrise in a winter forest covered with frost and rare Tar Heel orchids on the hottest day of summer. ... Diminutive endangered woodpeckers that showed up just as I packed my camera equipment and swans that finally flew over the moon.

TOM EARNHARDT: When swans fly over the Carolina moon

Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 -- Each year tundra swans do a round trip from the Arctic shores of Alaska and Canada all the way back to North Carolina. They perform this miracle of navigation and survival without the benefit of GPS. In the spring and fall similar navigation miracles are performed by millions of other birds and sea creatures. During the COVID pandemic we are reminded of our connections to people and nations around the world. We share air, water, and resources with others. Working together to protect these shared natural treasures is a necessity, not an option.

After 2 years, bones of whale uncovered on Cape Lookout beach

Two years after a whale died on a Cape Lookout beach, scientists are preparing its remains for display, WITN reports.

WITN News

Remains from whale on Cape Lookout will be used for education

It's been just over two years since a whale died on a Cape Lookout beach. Now, scientists are preparing its remains for display.

Autopsy: Fort Bragg paratrooper murdered on Memorial Day camping trip was decapitated

A Fort Bragg paratrooper who was murdered in May had been decapitated, according to an autopsy report.

Woman lost, then found, twice over the same weekend

Officials who found a woman who had been lost had to search for her again early Saturday after they said she got lost again.

Jason O. Boyd, Multiplatform producer

Reward increased for information in death of Fort Bragg paratrooper

A reward has been increased for information in the death of a Fort Bragg paratrooper along the coast in May.

Human remains found on Shackleford Banks

Cape Lookout National Seashore Rangers found the remains on and turned them over to the medical examiner's office.

Search continues for Fort Bragg soldier missing from Cape Lookout campsite

The National Park Service is looking for a Fort Bragg soldier went missing at the Cape Lookout National Seashore over Memorial Day weekend.

Couple killed in diving accident were both pharmacists

A Franklin County couple died Sunday while scuba diving off Cape Lookout, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Wild cows who showed up at Cape Lookout after Hurricane Dorian returned to Cedar Island

They are now home again.

Cape Lookout National Seashore hosting 'Astronomy Night'

You're invited to look to the night sky and learn a little bit about the stars during Cape Lookout National Seashore's "Astronomy Night."

Jason Boyd, WRAL.com editor

Cape Lookout invites stargazers to summer astronomy nights

Stargazers are invited to three summer astronomy nights with special programs on Cape Lookout National Seashore. The first event is Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Harkers Island Visitor Center.