The N.C. Department of Transportation is reminding water sports enthusiasts on Pamlico Sound to stay at least ‘a football field away’ from the Rodanthe ‘Jug Handle’ Bridge as work accelerates on the $145 million project. The area around the bridge is considered an active construction zone, and safety is the main concern. “There are cranes […]
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It’s deja vu all over again for Hatteras Inlet’s South Ferry Channel, much to the chagrin of the Dare County Waterways Commission. With a recent survey of the channel posted online during Monday’s remote meeting, Commission Chairman Steve “Creature” Coulter pointed to the red blotch – indicating shallow water – on the west end of […]
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After months of springtime and summer repairs due to damage from multiple 2019 and early 2020 storms, the Avon Fishing Pier is ready to reopen to the public as of Friday, July 17, at 10:00 a.m. “We’re feeling really great about things that looked like, at one time, there was going to be no more […]
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Dare County announced 13 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Thursday, July 16, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 239. The 13 additional cases represent 7 residents and 6 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 25-49, male, hospital 2) non-resident, 25-49, male, transferred isolation 3) non-resident, 25-49, female, transferred isolation […]
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After Gov. Cooper announced on July 14 that schools could reopen in August provided that extra safety precautions were in place, (and after surveying local families to garner their input), Dare County Schools posted the following FAQs for parents, students, and families on what the new restrictions could entail. The school administration will present five […]
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Coastal Review Online is featuring the research, findings and commentary of author Kevin Duffus. Last of three parts Like a solar eclipse, a dark shadow crept over the towns of the Pamlico a few weeks after they had been visited by Sir Richard Grenville’s 1585 expedition. Expedition scientist, ethnographer and Algonquian translator Thomas Harriot […]
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The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot fishing boat caught fire and began to take on water approximately 15 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, Thursday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a mayday call from a person aboard the 35-foot fishing boat Double G stating there was […]
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Dare County Schools on Wednesday released the results of staff and parent surveys regarding the start of the new school year next month, and the results showed 29 percent of parents prefer the year to begin with remote learning. The Dare County Board of Education will meet Monday afternoon to discuss options under Gov. Roy […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Maui, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Maui, 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/
Applicants have until Sept. 4 to submit a letter of intent for review for marine debris removal project grants. The fiscal year 2021 Marine Debris Removal grant competition is through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program. The projects awarded through the removal grant competition are to create long-term, quantifiable ecological habitat improvements for […]
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