The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to help clean up trash along roads during the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Litter Sweep from April 10-24. Each April and September, NCDOT asks volunteers to help remove litter from roadsides. Volunteers from local businesses, schools, non-profits, churches, municipalities, law enforcement and community groups play an important role in keeping […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of March 3 include the following: Seashore Updates January 2021 was the busiest January ever at Cape Hatteras […]
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Group 4 vaccinations to begin March 24 in N.C. for people who have a medical condition that puts them at higher risk or who live in certain congregate settings. Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that additional frontline essential workers in Group […]
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Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, March 2, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, current and future vaccine allotments, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update We are pleased to report Dare County’s COVID-19 data continues to trend in the right direction. Specifically, there were only 30 new positive cases […]
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From our friends at OBX Today The National Hurricane Center informed its partners and the media on Tuesday that starting May 15, they will begin issuing twice-daily regular tropical weather forecasts for the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Previously, the Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic basin would be produced […]
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The work of a Hatteras ferry employee has become a model for a regional program designed to keep local students working in their home communities after graduation. Matt Nuckles graduated from Hatteras Secondary School in 2014, but actually started working for the N.C. Ferry Division in 2013 as a summer temporary worker. Upon graduation, Nuckles […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission selected sector harvest allocations of 70% commercial and 30% recreational for the upcoming Amendment 3 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan. The commission voted on the allocations at its quarterly business meeting last week. At its November 2020 meeting, the commission asked the Division of Marine Fisheries to consider […]
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North Carolina has another tested, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine to protect against virus-related hospitalization and death. The federal government authorized the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s (Janssen) one-shot vaccine and more than 80,000 doses are expected to arrive in the state this week, beginning on Wednesday. “A third COVID-19 vaccine means North Carolina can […]
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The Dare County Department of Parks and Recreation has announced the dates and times of several activities that will resume this month following previous COVID-19 restrictions and closures. The Fessenden Center will reopen on Wednesday, March 3. A mix of in-person and virtual classes will be held; however, the schedule for in-person activities—such as fitness […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) and Wright Brothers National Memorial had the highest levels of visitation in January 2021 than any other January on record. At the Seashore, January visitation records have been broken the last three years. In January 2021 the Seashore hosted 86,991 visits, an increase of 5,000 visits over January 2020 and […]
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