Building Connections and Conversations Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Visits Hatteras Island

Spending their time talking with locals from all corners of the seafood and fishing industry, the group was on a fact-finding mission of sorts, to discuss current problems that affect the fishing and farming industries on a local – and global – scale. The Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) is a fishermen-led organization whose goal […]

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Early Birds Catch an Incredible Show from Virginia Rocket Launch

Islanders who were up before the dawn caught an incredible show in the night sky, courtesy of a rocket launch that occurred on Monday morning off of Wallops Island, Virginia. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off aboard the company’s Antares rocket at 4:44:06 a.m. from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight […]

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Temporary Wildlife Protection Area Installed at Cape Point on Saturday

By JOY CRIST Per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beginning early Saturday morning, May 19, a temporary wildlife protection area will be installed near the tip of Cape Point to protect nesting shorebirds. When the protection area is installed, Off Road Vehicles (ORV) and pedestrians will be able to travel approximately […]

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