The Outer Banks SPCA/Dare County Animal Shelter has encountered numerous cases of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) among racoons in Dare County in the past month. We have sent over a dozen raccoons to the lab at the NC Wildlife Resource Commission which all tested positive for CDV. In North Carolina, CDV infects raccoons, red foxes, […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) wants to look at ways to allow more recreational access to flounder fishing in the future. At its business meeting last week, the MFC asked the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Director to seek permission from the Department of Environmental Quality Secretary to move up the schedule to […]
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The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) and the National Park Service’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore (NPS CHNS) today released the report, Managing Threatened Oceanfront Structures: Ideas from an Interagency Work Group. This report is the result of a year-long collaboration between local governments and state and federal agencies via virtual […]
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State recreational water quality officials today lifted a precautionary advisory warning the public against swimming near two areas along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe and Buxton. The advisory, issued Aug. 7, was for ocean waters at GA Kohler Court in Rodanthe and at Tower Circle in Buxton due to public health risks associated […]
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Aida Havel, candidate for Dare County Board of Commissioners District 4 (Hatteras Island) is holding a kickoff event on Monday, September 9, in Skyco, an unincorporated “suburb” of Manteo in Dare County, at the home of Joan Collins and Javier Orellana, 436 Toler Road. “I chose to kick off my campaign in Skyco to highlight […]
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Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, recently announced that there is still time to join their annual “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest” program for 2024, which occurs each year during the summertime sea turtle nesting season. The Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program launched in 2020 to support projects […]
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By Maggie Miles, from Outer Banks Voice Earlier this month, the N.C. Coastal Federation awarded local photographer Daniel Pullen with their Pelican Award for his volunteer work documenting the organization’s Hatteras Island Oyster Roast, litter cleanups, and oyster restoration events, as well as his advocacy describing the impact of shoreline erosion along the Outer Banks. […]
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A Labor Day weekend oyster roast celebration has been scheduled for Friday, August 30, at Stowe on 12, 56910 Hwy. 12 in Hatteras, and will be hosted by the Ballance for Dare County Committee. The following Republican candidates will be available to meet and greet at the event: Mary Ellon Ballance Justin Bateman Kenny Brite […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to evaluate the effects of several adaptation strategies related to transportation and resource management challenges on Ocracoke Island. Researchers from North Carolina State University, Duke University, East Carolina University and representatives from the North Carolina […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
