Community News

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is accepting project applications for matching grant funding to help coastal cities and towns recover from hurricane damage. The deadline to submit an application is 5 p.m. on Jan. 24. The funding comes from Session Law 2023-134, which allocated $10 million to the DEQ Division of Water Resources’ Coastal Storm [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The public is invited to attend the first-ever Hatteras Island Museums Open House Fall Extravaganza, which will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Explore your favorite Hatteras Island museums during this full-day event, including the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, Frisco Native American Museum, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and The Lost Colony Museum, as all four [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

CHSS DECA is hosting a Thanksgiving lunch fundraiser on Saturday, November 23, at noon at Frisco Woods Campground Pavilion, 53124 Hwy. 12 in Frisco. The lunch includes chicken, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, and many others. Apple and pumpkin pies will also be available. Tickets are $16 a person. All are [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

From CoastalReview.org The National Park Service’s historic architect overseeing structural rehabilitation at the Ocracoke Light Station is the featured speaker this week for the “Science on the Sound” lecture series at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. Historical Architect George Jaramillo of the park service’s Outer Banks Group will present “Elevating [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) Student Government Association is sponsoring a Holiday Decoration Donation Drive in order to spread some holiday cheer to the residents of Burnsville, a Western N.C. community that was devastated by 2024’s Hurricane Helene. Holiday decorations can be dropped off at the CHSS foyer during the school’s hours of operation [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

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/  

Hyde County and the Ocracoke Mosquito Control Board are currently working with Local Assistance for Stormwater Infrastructure Investments Program (LASII) funding to find solutions to stormwater issues within the village of Ocracoke. The survey for priority areas on Ocracoke has been scheduled for the week of November 18th. The engineering firm, WithersRavenel, will fly a [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Get your pets ready to say “Cheese!” The Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Civic Association is proud to announce its first “Pawliday” Photo Shoot Fundraiser will take place on Sunday, November 24. A $20 donation will get you a 20-minute mini photo session and 3-5 edited photos of your pets in a festive, holiday set, currently planned for the [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

With the holidays just around the corner, The Island Free Press (IFP) is happy to announce that a limited supply of our 2025 IFP calendars is still available for folks who want to celebrate the beauty of Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands all year long. Our IFP readers submitted all the photos for the 12-month 2025 [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article