But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen since it sank in 1862, according to Nathan Richards, director of the ...

Crews rescued a manatee last week from the Tar River in Pitt County, marking the first live rescue of a manatee in the state. The 855-pound manatee is doing well and eating on her own, according ...

Riverbed washes away in eastern North Carolina’s Tar River, revealing Union Army gunboat that was built around a civilian barge, Civil War historians say.