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Handle boat maintenance now for peace of mind this spring

02/06/2023

To make spring a fun and exciting time for boating, do some work now and improve your odds of avoiding big towing and repair bills later.

Spotlight

To move a manatee: Museum catalogs skeletal specimen

Jennifer Allen

02/03/2023

Getting an 800-pound manatee that stranded in 2021 in Kill Devil Hills to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, where its bones are being catalogued for researchers, took a lot of collaboration — and dirty work.

News Briefs

‘Colored Silk: A Mother’s Civil War Odyssey’ set for Feb. 16

The one-woman play based on the life of Lizzie Keckley, a formerly enslaved woman who worked as a seamstress in the Lincoln White House, is in celebration of Black History Month.

Ferry shipyard receives grant to improve paint facility

The $1.3 million federal grant and a matching $336,000 from the Ferry Division will be used to improve lighting and fix the peeling paint on the steel beams.

Hatteras Village to celebrate waterfowl with festival

The festival set for Feb. 25 is to feature carvers, artists, vendors, education, conservation groups, and demonstrations.

Online training on fisheries science begins Feb. 28

“Introductory Fisheries Science for NC Fishers” is geared toward saltwater anglers and those in the wild-capture and farm-raised seafood industries and is offered weekly on six consecutive Tuesday nights through April 4.

Enviva plant in Ahoskie must install air pollution controls

Under the newly modified permit, Enviva Pellets’ flagship plant in Hertford County must install new equipment to cut emissions of volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants.

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Special Report

The headlights of four-wheel-drive vehicles light the way on the beach road that serves as the only access in and out of Carova. Photo: Josee Molavi

End of the Road: Development on Remote Currituck Banks

Remote and vulnerable Carova Beach highlights connections between social class and environmental impact.

Topsail Island panel to lobby for terminal groin funding

Trista Talton

01/27/2023

North Carolina law bars state money for terminal groins, but the Topsail Island Shoreline Protection Commission has made it a goal this year to change that law.

Science

To move a manatee: Museum catalogs skeletal specimen

Jennifer Allen

02/03/2023

Our Coast

Carteret County’s history, amenities have long lured

Eric Medlin

02/02/2023

In our county history series: Colonial beginnings, Civil War battles, maritime industry, fishing, tourism and coastal living among Carteret’s numerous draws.

Featured Photo

Spray of color

Corinne Saunders

A rainbow appears in the spray of a breaking wave Jan. 26 off Hatteras Island, near Buxton. West winds blow the spray offshore behind the wave, and the water droplets scatter the sunlight, allowing surfers and onlookers to see the full visible spectrum of color from certain angles.

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