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The First Flight Boulder and the Flight Line mark the location where the first flights on December 17, 1903 took off and landed.

News

Multiple people dead after plane crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial鈥檚 First Flight Airport

Associated Press

The National Park Service says multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial鈥檚 First Flight Airport.

A support vessel is seen next to a massive wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by the Orsted energy company off Britain's west coast on Sept. 5.

Environment

Coastal residents raise concerns about North Carolina offshore wind farms

Celeste Gracia

The possibility of offshore wind farms off the coast of North Carolina is gaining momentum. One project in Kitty Hawk is further along than a second in Wilmington. Locals around Brunswick County want to know what this means for them.

A picture of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center.

Arts & Culture

Wright Brothers Memorial Visitor Center To Be Restored To Modernist Glory

Rebecca Martinez

A Raleigh architecture firm will handle a $5.2 million renovation and rehabilitation of the Wright Brothers National Memorial visitors center and museum.鈥�

Environment

Wind Turbines Off NC Coast One Step Closer

Dave DeWitt

North Carolina is one step closer to offshore wind turbines. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - the federal agency that supervises offshore wind鈥�

Image of geovisualization of potential inundation due to sea level rise in the Albemarle- Pamlico Estuarine System.

Environment

Preparing For A New North Carolina Coast

Frank Stasio

A few weeks ago, the ocean washed away a 200-foot stretch of Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk. It wasn鈥檛 destroyed by a hurricane or a Nor'easter. It was just鈥�

Environment

Preparing For A New North Carolina Coast

Frank Stasio

A few weeks ago, the ocean washed away a 200-foot stretch of Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk. It wasn鈥檛 destroyed by a hurricane or a Nor'easter. It was just鈥�

Environment

The Changing Carolina Coast: Managing The Threat Of Rising Water

Dave DeWitt

North Carolina鈥檚 most recent Sea-Level Rise Report is the product of decades of tidal gauge data, computer modeling and hundreds of years of collected鈥�

Image of Katharine Wright sitting beside Wilbur before her first flight in 1909.

Science & Technology

A Behind-The-Scenes Take On The Wright Brothers

Anita Rao

The state of North Carolina has many claims to fame, but there is likely none more popular or controversial than the slogan on the state license plate:鈥�

Science & Technology

A Behind-The-Scenes Take On The Wright Brothers

Anita Rao

The state of North Carolina has many claims to fame, but there is likely none more popular or controversial than the slogan on the state license plate:鈥�

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