By Jordan Schrader WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Waves stayed as much as 200 feet from Laura and Tom Hearn's Figure Eight Island home a decade ago. Erosion changed that. Today, the surf licks at sandbags stacked right out front.

By David Ingram, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Nov. 30--RALEIGH -- John and Elizabeth Edwards have come out opposed to an effort by some Figure Eight Island residents to explore the construction of a submerged wall to prevent erosion.

By Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Sep. 5--A contract is a contract. That was the message from the New Hanover County commissioners on Tuesday as they declined to spend public money to help maintain Mason Inlet.

By Brittany Butcher, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Aug. 22--KURE BEACH -- An effort to tap into the New Hanover County room occupancy tax fund to help pay for the Mason Inlet relocation project is getting sandbagged by some beach town leaders.

By Sherry Jones, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Aug. 10--Wrightsville Beach residents who pay a special tax to cover the cost of relocating and maintaining Mason Inlet now want others to share the financial burden, but New Hanover County officials are still considering the request.