By Mike Zlotnicki, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jun. 19--CAPE FEAR RIVER -- Imagine 115 miles of pristine southern river, teeming with fish and other wildlife. Modern boat ramps and recreation facilities dot the banks.

By Teri Boggess, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Dec. 20--Program addresses coping with deer Hunters can hunt white-tailed deer part of each year, but North Carolinians must live with and cope with deer year-round, and the situation too often can be unpleasant.

By Steve Jones, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Nov. 30--Officials of public water systems in the coastal Carolinas say there is still plenty of water for residents to drink and bathe with, even in the face of a lingering, severe drought.

By John Murawski, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Sep. 20--RALEIGH -- Progress Energy would propose nearly doubling the size of a Wake County recreational lake as it moves ahead with plans to seek a federal license for new Shearon Harris nuclear reactors.

CARBONTON, N.C. - Biologists say an endangered minnow is rebounding in central North Carolina, thanks largely to demolition of an old dam. Scientists first identified the Cape Fear Shiner in 1971.