Of the 74 huge steel containers that fell from a cargo ship near Oregon Inlet during the weekend nor’easter, as of Wednesday afternoon, all are still floating in the ocean somewhere off the coast. One holds 5,913 pounds of sulfuric acid in big plastic boxes, a hazardous substance that is not considered a significant threat […]
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As North Carolina’s first high-speed passenger ferry is coming together nicely at the shipbuilder’s shop, plans are still evolving for transporting people once they land. The Ocracoke Express is targeted to be in the water by mid-summer, supplementing service on the state Department of Transportation Ferry Division’s busiest vehicular ferry route between Ocracoke and Hatteras […]
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Watermen are up in arms about a proposal that could restrict commercial fishing licenses to people who earn half their income from fishing, fulfill at least three dozen trip tickets annually and provide $10,000 a year per crew. Otherwise, they could be kicked into an inactive pool. “Those who do not meet the qualifications will […]
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Taking advantage of a lull in crisis mode, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission spent Tuesday’s quiet winter night planning proactive steps to stay ahead of issues looming this year in Hatteras Inlet. “This is a good time for us to set the bar,” Chairman Dave May told the panel at its first meeting […]
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Buxton Beach Nourishment Project May be Extended to Mid-February Deadline By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Rough weather has repeatedly delayed the Buxton beach nourishment project, and now the contractor is expected to ask Dare County for an extension of their contract. During a presentation at the Dare County Board of […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK Dredging is set to begin next month in Hatteras Inlet at a stubbornly clogged channel that has been impassable on its west end for months. At Monday’s meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission in Manteo, Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said that there would be a 10-day window […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK COASTAL REVIEW ONLINE Bucking the wishes of nearly every local entity that keeps the communities’ wheels turning and the tourism machinery humming, a bill to repeal a ban on flimsy plastic grocery bags on the Outer Banks is still alive in some dark corner of the North Carolina General Assembly. The prospect […]
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Surfing and science has always been a relationship of convenience, if not necessity. But when surfers are scientists who are wizards at interpreting ocean data, the art of finding good waves can be transformed into scientific certainty – or close to it. A new surf-prediction model developed by a partnership of two coastal scientists and […]
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A proposed 4-cent increase in Dare County’s property tax rate is necessary to catch up with long unmet needs, county officials say, but the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal also reflects how well the county has recovered from the recession. “From 2007-2008, we have run as frugal as we can run a budget,” said Dare […]
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Mysterious garbage-filled plastic disks that washed up on northern Outer Banks beaches over the recent Mother’s Day weekend had been thrown overboard by sailors on a Navy ship, the U.S. Navy said in a statement issued Thursday. Ted Brown, installations and environmental public affairs officer at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said in an interview that […]
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