It’s official — sea turtle nesting on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore has set a record and the nests keep on coming. According to today’s resources management report, 269 sea turtles have nested on the seashore — 15 more than the record 254 set in 2013. And Britta Muiznieks, wildlife biologist and research coordinator for […]
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Hurricane Center eyes low off Carolina Coast
The National Hurricane Center has increased the odds to a 40 percent chance that an area of low pressure near Little River Inlet, North Carolina, could become a tropical storm later today. “While upper-level winds are at best marginally conducive, there is some potential for a tropical cyclone to form this afternoon or tonight as […]
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Local leaders hammer away at sales tax plan
At a news conference on Monday, Dare County leaders continued their assault on the North Carolina Senate’s plan to change the way sales tax is redistributed to the state’s counties. The plan, originally introduced as a bill last winter, lingered in a committee for months and then suddenly found its way into the Senate’s budget […]
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Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is topic of radio show
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site in Rodanthe was the topic of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Aug.2. The guests for the interview were John Griffin and Warren Wrenn, president and secretary respectively of the non-profit Chicamacomico Historical Association, owner of the station, who talk about restoration work on the site. […]
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The Piping Plover Plunge
Shorebird nesting is winding down at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. In fact, it’s over for the federally listed piping plover. There are no piping plover nests or chicks on the beaches, and there aren’t likely to be any at this point. The season’s results for the piping plovers are dismal and disappointing. For all the […]
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NPS releases more information on public scoping meetings
The National Park Service today released more information on the five public scoping meetings that it plans in early August to get input for possible changes to its off-road vehicle management plan at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The public process to consider changes is required by legislation passed by Congress last December as part of […]
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Tony Tata resigns as NCDOT Secretary
Tony Tata resigned today as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The announcement came from the office of Gov. Pat McCrory and said that Tata wanted to focus on personal and family issues and pursue his passion as the writer of fictional military action thrillers. Tata’s resignation takes effect today. Chief Deputy Secretary […]
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Piping plover fledging plummets, sea turtle nests skyrocket
The number of fledged piping plover chicks has plummeted to two for the 2015 nesting season in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, while the number of sea turtle nests is on track to perhaps surpass the record of 254 in 2013. Even though the piping plover nesting season has ended and new buffer rules went […]
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Raleigh takes aim at Dare County
The North Carolina General Assembly — more specifically, the Republicans in the Senate — are proposing a sweeping change in the way sales taxes are funneled back to the state’s counties and cities. And it’s a change that would be devastating, crippling, scary, a game-changer for Dare County. If it happens, Dare County will lose […]
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Hatteras commissioner is guest on radio show
Allen Burrus, Hatteras Island’s representative on the Dare County Board of Commissioners, was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, July 19. In the interview, Burrus discusses an array of issues that are important to Hatteras Islanders. One of those issues is the dredging of the county’s inlets. Severe […]
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