NATION IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Park Service to Move Historic Lighthouse

The National Parks Service plans to relocate the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the nation’s oldest and tallest brick lighthouse, once it can be strengthened for the move. The black and white striped 208-foot-tall lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, N.C., is threatened by wave action since sand dunes have eroded and can no longer protect it. When the lighthouse was built in 1870, it was 1,500 feet from the Atlantic Ocean. It currently is 160 feet from the ocean. Robert Baker, the park service’s Southeastern director, said the decision to relocate the lighthouse will not be carried out immediately.