Jim and Marcia Lyons of Buxton have volunteered with the North Carolina Coastal Federation on and off for about 10 years, and their devotion to the recent living shoreline project at Durant’s Point in nearby Hatteras earned them a Pelican Award from the federation. Sarah Hallas, coastal education coordinator for the federation’s office in Manteo, […]
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Chris Hill surfs on a paddleboard. In fact, he does it professionally. That means he’s on the water a lot and is accustomed to sharing the ocean off this beach town on Topsail Island with a variety of sea creatures. “I’m used to seeing a lot of animals,” says Hill, known as “Chill” to paddlers. […]
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Remembering the Christmas Blizzard of 1989 December has almost been more like summer than winter in southeastern North Carolina the past two years. It wasn’t so different in 1989 – until a few days before Christmas. “It looked like just a typical December,” said Tim Armstrong, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Forecast Office […]
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Mistletoe: A native plant steeped in lore Mistletoe: A native plant steeped in lore Once the winds of fall have stripped away the leaves of our deciduous trees, clusters of green foliage can still be seen clinging to their bare branches. These clusters are not in all of the trees, but here and there you […]
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The Geminid Meteor Shower: A holiday celestial light show The Geminid Meteor Shower: A holiday celestial light show Take a break from the hectic holiday hubbub to look up at the sky. You may be rewarded with the best meteor show of the year. The Geminid meteor shower, the final major meteor shower of every year […]
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The Seneca Guns – mysterious booms that rattle windows and nerves of coastal residents – were quiet this past summer. The fearsome rumbles occur with no warning and leave no clues to reveal their origins. To be sure, the next Seneca Guns event will trigger frantic calls to local emergency management agencies. It probably will […]
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The Seneca Guns – mysterious booms that rattle windows and nerves of coastal residents – were quiet this past summer. The fearsome rumbles occur with no warning and leave no clues to reveal their origins. To be sure, the next Seneca Guns event will trigger frantic calls to local emergency management agencies. It probably will […]
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The Seneca Guns – mysterious booms that rattle windows and nerves of coastal residents – were quiet this past summer. The fearsome rumbles occur with no warning and leave no clues to reveal their origins. To be sure, the next Seneca Guns event will trigger frantic calls to local emergency management agencies. It probably will […]
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Though the turnout was low, emotions ran high. About 20 people showed up Thursday night for a public meeting intended to find out what people think about reorganizing the two state agencies that manage fish and wildlife populations. Other meetings were held over the past two weeks in Raleigh and Manteo. It’s all part of […]
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On a damp August evening at the beach in Emerald Isle, a lull between downpours brought a group of men, women and children to the base of a dune marked off with bright pink plastic strips tied to four wooden stakes. Three nights earlier, a sea turtle nest had hatched, sending a flood of baby […]
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