From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Three artificial reefs located off the Outer Banks are scheduled to receive new materials in a plan announced Wednesday by state officials. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program has finalized its five-year timeline for ocean reef enhancements funded by Coastal Recreational Fishing License revenues. An […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A massive winter storm moving across the country Friday and Saturday is expected to bring most of northeastern North Carolina a blast of wintry precipitation. But as is typical with coastal lows such as this one, the region is going to be sharply divided between areas that see mostly snow, a mixed of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com After flirting with wintry precipitation the last two storms, it looks like the third time’s the charm for much of northeastern North Carolina late Friday night and into Saturday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of the region except the Dare beaches and Ocracoke, as a low […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced construction of a new bridge over the Alligator River between Dare and Tyrrell counties will begin in the next few weeks. A $450 million contract was awarded Wednesday to Skanska USA to replace the 65-year-old swing-span Lindsay C. Warren Bridge with a modern, two-lane fixed-span bridge […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Members of the Dare County Board of Education will receive their first increase in compensation in over 25 years, after a request was approved Monday by the Board of Commissioners. The request called for regular school board members to see a pay increase from the current $4,200 to $13,000 per year, and the […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Vacation property management rental companies Vacasa and Casago announced last week they will be merging later this year through a stock purchase that will take the new company private. And more details have surfaced about Casago’s purchase of the company that manages more than 969 properties and employs 223 people on the Outer […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A private vessel and part of a dock were heavily damaged by fire Friday afternoon at Pirates Cove Marina. Crews from the Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department and Nags Head Fire Department were called around 3 p.m. to the C Dock at the marina on the Manteo Causeway. “We are incredibly fortunate that […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A fast moving weather system sliding across the mid-Atlantic this evening is expected to bring strong winds and possible minor soundside flooding along Hatteras and Ocracoke islands into early Saturday. There is also a chance of some light precipitation across the area this evening, including a few snowflakes along the northern beaches. And […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com With the holidays coming to an end, residents are reminded that there are differing policies regarding the disposal of Christmas trees depending on where you live. And there are multiple ways to recycle your tree in a way that benefits the dunes along the Outer Banks, even if you don’t live close by. […]
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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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