State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory for the Sandy Bay sound-side swimming area in between Frisco and Hatteras. The advisory was lifted because water testing shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water play. The advisory was posted […]
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The Ocracoke Health Center will host its third annual Seafood Festival Benefit on Saturday, August 31, with live music, a silent and live auction, family-friendly games, and plenty of local seafood. The event takes place at the Berkley Barn at 58 Water Plant Road in Ocracoke Village. The fun begins at 2:00 p.m. with games and […]
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The Outer Banks SPCA/Dare County Animal Shelter has encountered numerous cases of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) among racoons in Dare County in the past month. We have sent over a dozen raccoons to the lab at the NC Wildlife Resource Commission which all tested positive for CDV. In North Carolina, CDV infects raccoons, red foxes, […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) wants to look at ways to allow more recreational access to flounder fishing in the future. At its business meeting last week, the MFC asked the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Director to seek permission from the Department of Environmental Quality Secretary to move up the schedule to […]
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The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) and the National Park Service’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore (NPS CHNS) today released the report, Managing Threatened Oceanfront Structures: Ideas from an Interagency Work Group. This report is the result of a year-long collaboration between local governments and state and federal agencies via virtual […]
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State recreational water quality officials today lifted a precautionary advisory warning the public against swimming near two areas along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe and Buxton. The advisory, issued Aug. 7, was for ocean waters at GA Kohler Court in Rodanthe and at Tower Circle in Buxton due to public health risks associated […]
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Aida Havel, candidate for Dare County Board of Commissioners District 4 (Hatteras Island) is holding a kickoff event on Monday, September 9, in Skyco, an unincorporated “suburb” of Manteo in Dare County, at the home of Joan Collins and Javier Orellana, 436 Toler Road. “I chose to kick off my campaign in Skyco to highlight […]
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Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, recently announced that there is still time to join their annual “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest” program for 2024, which occurs each year during the summertime sea turtle nesting season. The Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program launched in 2020 to support projects […]
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading […]
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A brand new 5K race is launching in the shadow of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse this Labor Day, September 2, and the inaugural event will give participants an up-close look at the ongoing restoration project while supporting a range of Hatteras Island charities. The new-in-2023 Barrier Island Group (B.I.G.), in cooperation with the National Park Service, […]
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