Photos by Don Bowers Shorebird nesting season is in full swing, and for a .45-mile stretch of shoreline sandwiched in between South Beach and Cape Point, least terns rule the terrain. In the past few weeks, a colony of roughly 538 least terns with a total of 269 nests have set up a temporary residence […]
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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,212,924 visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in 2018 spent $203.1 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 2,947 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of […]
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, until 11 p.m. on Friday night, per a Friday afternoon briefing from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City Office. The main threats that correspond with the storms are frequent lightning, damaging winds with scattered gusts up to 70 […]
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The Dare Count Sheriff’s Department has received reports that scammers are calling and identifying themselves as a local pharmacy. They are requesting personal information and then money by means of giving debit or credit card numbers. Please hang up and call Dare Central at (252) 473-3444 to make a report.
This is the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023. It was discovered in 1794 by William Herschel. The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula located about halfway between Polaris and Deneb. It has a visual magnitude of +7.2 and is 1,400 light years away from us. NGC 7023 is about 6 light years in diameter. It reflects […]
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Beginning Monday, June 3, the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ meetings will be livestreamed and broadcast live on Channel 191 (CurrentTV Government) for local Spectrum TV subscribers. A link to the livestream will be available at www.darenc.com and may be viewed on any device. Livestreaming of meetings is an additional effort being made by the […]
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WANCHESE — Isaac Blain Gibbs or “Blain” as most knew him, passed away suddenly in Dare County, May 29, 2019. Blain was 31. He was the son of the late Capt. Keith Gibbs and Debi Dile Gibbs of Wanchese. Blain was a long time Wanchese resident and a lifetime commercial fisherman and waterman. His humor, […]
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Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast to develop across eastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks starting on Friday afternoon and into early Friday evening, per a recent briefing from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City Office. There is the potential for some of these storms to become severe, with damaging wind […]
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Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson participated in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricane briefing panel at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington D.C. on Friday, May 24. Pearson was invited to join the acting NOAA Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs to share a local perspective on the 2018 hurricane season and […]
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A beach fire ban is effective immediately at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The fire ban is a result of abnormally dry conditions that may increase the risk of beach fires spreading to dune vegetation, forested areas, or developed neighborhoods adjacent to Seashore beaches. Open fires are not permitted in any area of the Seashore until […]
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