For most of its nearly 190-mile journey through Central and Southeastern North Carolina, the murky Cape Fear River flows slowly and peacefully through a relatively flat landscape as it makes its way ...

Fuquay-Varina is requesting to transfer 6.17 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River basin. Concerns include worsening pollution, reduced water levels for recreation, and potential ...

Fuquay-Varina wants to draw up to 6 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River to support its growing population. The town proposes to discharge the resulting wastewater into the Neuse ...

A law regulating the transfer of water between river basins was meant to help places like Cumberland County. Cities downstream of the Cape Fear River historically could only stand by while ...