The Army Corps of Engineers is pumping sand onto Oak Island's western end to combat erosion near Lockwood Folly Inlet. The project, due to wrap up by the end of April, will widen the beach by 75 ...

SAND TRAP? Why Oak Island is looking 18 miles off its coast for sand to nourish its eroded beach But beach nourishment projects are big, sometimes messy as to where to find beach-quality sand ...