Federal and state money to help Ocracoke and Hatteras recover from Hurricane Dorian has been slow getting here, but one Outer Banks nonprofit has been moving far more quickly than any government agency to provide relief where it can. Jeff Byard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s associate administrator for the Office of Response and Recovery, […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is seeking input from the public on potential management strategies for an upcoming amendment to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. The amendment will examine management strategies to further reduce bycatch of non-target species in the shrimp trawl fishery and potential changes to existing shrimp management strategies. Fishermen and other […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Jack, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Jack, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation has an unusual patient in its care — a puffin found in the woods in Buxton this weekend. The small seabird usually associated with more northern locales was found back on Rocky Rollinson Road over the weekend. Atlantic puffins are an unusual site around the Outer Banks, especially onshore. They generally […]
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Take control of your energy costs and save It’s a new year and we are excited to provide a new rate option for residential accounts. Most of our members pay the standard, residential rate – a flat rate for power, no matter what time of day or month it is used. But if you’re looking […]
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The Dare County Sheriff’s office says that while it is pursuing charges against the student alleged to have posted a social media threat that led to a school lockdown on Dec. 16, it is still looking for the person responsible for a bomb threat that closed three schools on Dec. 18. The Dec. 16 threat […]
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The Coastal Resources Commission is proposing amendments to its oceanfront development setback rules. The commission’s Division of Coastal Management will hold a public hearing on these amendments from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the Hyde County Community Center, 30 Oyster Creek Road, Swan Quarter. This public hearing will be simultaneously broadcast […]
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In what is envisioned as a creative blending of ecotourism, artisan markets, mariculture and the locavore, or local food, movement, North Carolina’s first oyster trail is readying its launch this spring on the Outer Banks. Prior to a stakeholder meeting at Hatteras Community Center in December, oyster farmer Katherine McGlade, owner of Slash Creek Oysters, […]
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A Coastal Flood Advisory has been issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday night and continuing through noon on Sunday, per a Saturday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Gale-force westerly winds blowing across the Pamlico Sound late Saturday and Sunday morning will result in […]
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