Enter Figure Eight Island, which was looking for a replacement for its aging pontoon bridge. The bridge was moved down the waterway from Virginia and installed in 1980 at a cost of nearly $1.5 ...

This Figure Eight Island oceanfront mansion sold for $13.9 million, which marks the most expensive home sale in North Carolina's history. The property is located at 102 Beach Road South.

This Figure Eight Island home sold for $12,750,000 in 2025. The 5,701-square-foot home has five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and one half bathroom. The oceanfront home was built in 2019.

New Hanover County fire crews responded to a house fire on Figure Eight Island early Thursday. Firefighters with New Hanover County Fire Rescue were called to a multistory house fire in the early ...

An investment banker has paid close to $14 million for a home on the coveted Figure Eight Island in the Wilmington area. It’s being called one of the most expensive home sales ever in the state.

Neighborhoods and their number of homes valued at $1 million or more Figure Eight Island: 494 Landfall: 213 Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach: 206 Bald Head Island: 167 All of Pender County: 61 ...

McConnell bought the land on Figure Eight Island for $1.5 million in 2020 and built a multi-layered house with spectacular views. Property records show the tax appraised value is $3.24 million.

Only one baby bird found Figure of Eight Island is off the south-west coast of Esperance, at the western point of the Recherche Archipelago, a group of more than 100 islands.

According to the Winnabow Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD), at 12:30 p.m., units headed to a growing brush fire that endangered residential structures on March 1. "Initial units arriving on scene ...

FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND, NC (WECT) - The debate over terminal groins is continuing in our area. Terminal groins are large walls built in the water to prevent erosion. According to Mike Giles with the NC ...

The North Carolina Coastal Federation met with the Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday to discuss several concerns. The big topic - the proposed terminal groin at Rich's Inlet by Figure Eight Island.