Reporting from Durham, N.C. — North Carolina’s Outer Banks absorbed a direct hit from Hurricane Arthur on Friday but emerged with only minimal damage as the storm blew out to sea and ...

RODANTHE, N.C.-- Arthur strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane with winds increasing to 100 mph on Thursday night as it threatened to strike near the North Carolina coast on Independence Day.

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Proving far less damaging than feared, Hurricane Arthur left tens of thousands of people without power Friday in a swipe at North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer ...