The 78 acres expands the Coastal Land Trust’s adjacent 123-acre Sea Gate Woods Preserve in Carteret County to 201 acres.
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Wintry Wednesday
Ice is shown Wednesday morning covering the surface of Hancock Creek in Havelock. After several days of lows in the teens and 20s, the air temperature was around 46 degrees Fahrenheit when the photo was taken. The National Weather Service Newport office predicts temperatures in the area to continue to warm with highs by Friday and Saturday approaching or exceeding 70 degrees. Photo: Capt. Gordon Churchill
Dare officials to host public meeting on Rodanthe erosion
The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building in Rodanthe.
Inlet channel maintenance made simpler: Go with the flow
The Corps of Engineers now says it has authority to follow the deepest natural water, or best water, in the Rollinson Channel Navigation Project linking Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.
Washing up for the holidays
A strong southeast wind, heavy rains and an especially high tide combine to create a pool reaching from the ocean to the showers on the west side of the Oceanana Fishing Pier Thursday in Atlantic Beach. While not a king tide, which are the highest high- and lowest low-tide events of the year and happen when the Earth, sun and moon are aligned while the moon is at its perigee, or closest point in its elliptical orbit to Earth, Dec. 26-25 is a period of higher- and lower-than-normal tides. The the lunar perigee is Dec. 24. Photo: Dylan Ray
NC’s incidental take permit comment period opens
The 30-day public comment period began Thursday on the state’s incidental take permit application and conservation plan to address sturgeon and sea turtle interactions in the state’s estuarine anchored gill net fishery.
Marine Fisheries advisory committees to meet
Committees are to discuss the fundamentals of stock assessments and receive an update on Draft Supplement A to the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1.
Resilient Communities Funding Forum set for February
Registration information for the free, one-day forum in Greenville is to be announced in January.
Pender revises zoning ‘to properly regulate’ solar farms
Commissioners amended zoning text Dec. 5, less than a week after a California-based solar company filed a lawsuit against the county for turning down its request for a permit.
Symbol of Home: The Linnean Society’s Venus Flytrap
While spending a few days in London this fall, historian David Cecelski visited the Linnean Society, the oldest biological society, to get a glimpse of a 1759 letter with the first known written record of the Venus flytrap.
Standing still for a meal
A tricolored heron watches for prey in the water at Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve in Wanchese. Photo: Kip Tabb
Wright Brothers Memorial to waive entry fees on 7 days
Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills will waive its entrance fee on seven days in 2023.
New size limits for striped bass in Albemarle Sound area
The new size limits go into effect Jan. 1 for the Albemarle-Roanoke striped bass stock.
Pamlico County a quiet destination on NC coast
In our county history series: A hidden gem offering both natural beauty and small-town charm.
State asks public to report cold-stunned spotted seatrout
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries officials remind the public to report any cold-stunned spotted seatrout they may see in coastal waters.
State Parks director Patterson announces retirement
Dwayne Patterson is set to retire after serving as North Carolina’s state parks director for five years.
