A local Civil War site full of military significance, bloodstained with some of the most painful memories in American history, will soon be getting a modern makeover. State officials are celebrating ...

The sound of cannons and muskets will once again ring out at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The event will mark the 160th anniversary of the fort’s capture by U.S. forces during the Civil War in ...

A group of rare sea turtles will migrate from the chilly coasts of New England to the inviting warmth of North Carolina waters. Join historians and Civil War enthusiasts at Wilmington's Fort Fisher ...

Residents and travelers could soon be able to experience the Fort Fisher Historic Site's new visitor center after over a year and a half of construction. Fort Fisher, which kept the Port of Wilmington ...

FORT FISHER, NC (WECT) - Its beauty and variety make it the ideal spot for photographs, but professional photographers actually need a permit to shoot there. This comes as a surprise to many local ...

KURE BEACH -- Native Americans' role in the Civil War will be highlighted Saturday when Fort Fisher State Historic Site marks the 154th anniversary of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Malinda Maynor ...

The event includes a 5K race and 1 mile run through Battle Acre Park at Fort Fisher.

Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, south of Wilmington at the southern tip of Pleasure Island, offers 6 miles of pristine, undeveloped shore line. To its north, Carolina Beach and Kure Beach siphon ...

The first round of recommendations addressed military bases like Fort Bragg. In a list released on Tuesday, the commission recommends renaming the Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area in Kure Beach, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — It was not unusual for the Hermit to get late-night visitors. Often, these visitors came to call on his out-of-the-way abode — an open-air, World War II concrete ammunition bunker ...

In 1955, an old man named Robert Harrill gathered what remained of his broken life and hitchhiked to Carolina Beach, looking for someplace quiet to nurse the scars life had mercilessly kicked into his ...