From SamWalkerOBXNews.com NOAA Fisheries has announced voluntary slow zones have been put in place in off the Outer Banks after endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted offshore. There are approximately 360 individual North Atlantic right whales remaining, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. Vessel strikes are considered the primary threat to the whales […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services has issued a revised public health advisory for Buxton Beach, due to the December 19 reopening of a portion of the beach closure. Following a 60-day interim response action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) reopened an approximately two-tenths-of-a-mile section […]
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The Saving Lives Task Force is seeking community input on how best to use Dare County’s share of North Carolina Opioid Settlement funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. As part of a national historic settlement won against opioid companies for their role in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic, North Carolina is receiving $1.5 billion […]
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