Eastern North Carolina nonprofits supporting education, health and human services can apply for grants from the Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment beginning June 28. This opportunity will provide a total of $500,000 in funds from the endowment established at the North Carolina Community Foundation in 2015. Grants awarded to nonprofits will range from $25,000 to $50,000. […]
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For the first time since record-keeping began, (a roughly 20-year time period), two Leatherback sea turtles have decided to nest on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) during the 2024 summer season, per a Monday update from CHNS. “The two nests were found exactly one week apart,” stated the CHNS update. “The first Leatherback nest […]
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Barrier Island Group (B.I.G.) is pleased to announce its first Hatteras Island event – “4 for the 4th” – a four-mile run/walk to kick off the Fourth of July festivities. Originally scheduled for the morning of July 4, the race will be held on Wednesday, July 3, in order to lessen the Independence Day burden on Dare County […]
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Single-lane closures and brief travel delays should be expected in the next few weeks as concrete work progresses on a new multi-use pathway along Lighthouse Road in Buxton. The single-lane closures will not affect N.C. Highway 12, and will only impact traffic heading to and from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the lifeguarded Buxton Beach, the […]
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With the passing of the Summer Solstice on June 20, the Earth starts to tilt away from the Sun and the night starts to lengthen. On the Summer Solstice, the Sun rose at 5:46 a.m. and set at 8:20 p.m. That means we received about 14 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. On July 1, […]
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From OBXToday.com The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras will be closed on the Fourth of July. Otherwise, the museum will operate on its regular schedule that week: open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The Museum has also provided the […]
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