The Avon Fishing Pier typically closes for the season on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, but this year, historic fishing conditions have led to a week-long extension – and some very happy anglers. For the first couple of days after the annual wintertime closure, the longtime manager of the pier, Keith Matthews, typically lets some of […]
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Ranger Karol Jones reports that there was a motor vehicle rollover accident with no injuries in between Ramp 44 and Cape Point that occurred due to a beach ledge caving in along the shoreline. Please use caution if driving on beach ledges, and utilize the interdunal road when travelling to Cape Point when necessary. Ranger […]
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The hopper dredge R.N. Weeks was able to operate about 75% of the time over the past week and completed 52 loads. Weeks Marine reports that almost 1.4 million cubic yards of sand has been placed on the beach or about 53% of the project total. The completed section of beach is expected to open […]
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With a Dec. 8 renewal deadline looming, lawmakers in Washington are set to decide the fate of the debt-ridden National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), something that affects roughly 9,000 Dare County property owners. The NFIP, which has been renewed in the House, now awaits action in the Senate, and that could conceivably mean changes to […]
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The constellation Orion will rise at 6:40 p.m. on December 1 and will completely cover the Eastern horizon by 7:40 p.m. Most sky watchers can easily pick out the stars that form the body, belt, and sword of this mythological hunter, but may not realize how much this area of the sky has to offer. […]
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