Excessive heat is expected to continue on Friday along the Outer Banks and throughout Eastern North Carolina, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. A Heat Advisory has been issued for all of Eastern N.C., including Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, for heat index values of 100-110 degrees from 11 a.m. until […]
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There have been several record-breaking years in recent history when it comes to sea turtle nests on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS), and with 268 nests recorded so far, 2024 is on track to be another highly active year for visiting sea turtles as well. Sea turtle nests laid by loggerheads, Kemp’s Ridley turtles, […]
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The 11th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival returns on August 2-3 with special guest Sheri Castle, host of the Emmy Award-winning cooking show “The Key Ingredient,” and multiple events that will be held at The Berley Barn and venues throughout Ocracoke Village. The festival, which is sponsored by the Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS), features live music, […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The war of words, and differing strategies, over a 2024 recreational flounder season in North Carolina waters continued this week, as the head of the commission that oversees the state’s coastal waters said they will be sticking to their original plans of keeping the fishery closed. Rob Bizzell, chair of the N.C. Marine […]
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The Nebula of August August greets us with quite a few nebulae in the NE skies. Here are three prominent ones. This is NGC 7974, the Western Veil Nebula. This nebula has a visual magnitude of +5.0, but it’s extremely difficult to see unless you have a telescope with a good light filter. NGC 6960 […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com As Outer Banks communities face a critical shortage of housing for workers, two projects moving forward with an assist from the Outer Banks Community Foundation will help Hyde and Dare County school systems hire and retain teachers. On Ocracoke, the Hyde County Education Foundation (HCEF) has plans to renovate a former daycare center […]
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In honor of the anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, entrance fees will be waived at Wright Brothers National Memorial and other fee-collecting parks across the country this Sunday, August 4. The next fee-free day at Wright Brothers National Memorial is scheduled for National Aviation Day, which is Monday, August 19. Be on the lookout […]
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Due to continued public interest, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) has received an extension from NOAA to conclude the division’s review of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources federal consistency submission regarding the proposed amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel […]
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The Hatteras Library would like to know more about the needs of the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo (RWS) community in order to better serve and prepare for pop-up library visits. As such, they are requesting that members of the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo community take a few minutes to complete a community survey. Click here to take the survey The RWS […]
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As the 2024 Hurricane Season approaches its August and September peak, National Weather Service’s (NWS) local Warning Coordination Meteorologist Erik Heden and Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson hosted a timely community forum in Avon on July 30. These NWS and Dare County-hosted hurricane forums are held every year to inform at-risk communities like […]
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