Topsail Island sits about 40 miles northeast of Wilmington. The 26-mile-long barrier island off the North Carolina coast is home to three charming seaside towns: North Topsail Beach, Surf City, and ...

The N.C. Coastal Land Trust has secured another grant to help with the nonprofit group's push to protect a popular and much-loved piece of oceanfront land at the southern tip of Topsail Island. The ...

TOPSAIL BEACH — Shortly after the military abandoned its guided missile-testing program on Topsail Island in the late 1940s, people hoping to own a piece of tranquility by the sea got their chance.