The project to help improve coastal resilience in five communities will kick off with a check presentation at 11 a.m. Friday at Carteret Community College’s Bryant Student Center.
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State’s Native Americans at higher risk of preterm births
Native Americans in North Carolina face a disproportionately higher risk for preterm birth because of exposure to mixtures of toxic metals in their private drinking water wells, according to a recent study.
Sea turtles, artificial light next Science on the Sound talk
Attendees can learn about artificial light at night on the Outer Banks, including changes over the past nine years, what Outer Banks residents and visitors think about artificial light at night, and how changes relate to sea turtle nesting patterns.
Cooper appoints coastal residents to boards, commissions
Several of the appointments to boards and commissions Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday reside on the coast.
Dare wins international award for ocean safety campaign
The “Love the Beach, Respect the Ocean” campaign is a multiorganizational effort to bring awareness to potentially life-threatening beach and ocean hazards.
The other coup d’état: Remembering New Bern in 1898
Historian David Cecelski uses old newspaper clippings to show how Wilmington’s bloody takeover was not the only example of the state’s well organized and propaganda-fueled 1880s-1890s white supremacy movement.
Brunswick County seeks input on tree, landscaping rules
Brunswick County wants input on landscaping, green space, and tree requirements to help refine and prioritize the recommendations needed to update the county’s unified development ordinance.
Feral hogs a largely unseen but costly problem in state
North Carolina was recently ranked as having the seventh-worst feral swine problem in the country, but state officials say there is no solid estimate of how many of the intelligent, free-roaming, disease-carrying hogs are here.
Southport-Fort Fisher ferry schedule to change Monday
The Southport-Fort Fisher ferry will operate on a modified, one-boat schedule Monday while a Netflix crew films aboard one of the two boats on the route.
UNCW workshop to examine aspects of blue economy
The workshop Dec. 5 aims to delve into a comprehensive discussion of the coastal economy in North Carolina.
Celebrate ‘Christmas on the North End’ at Island Farm
“Christmas on the North End” will feature costumed interpreters sharing how Roanoke Island families celebrated the Christmas holiday in the mid-1800s.
When gathering wild pocosin cranberries was profitable
Colonial accounts of what is now Dare County make no mention of wild cranberries, but the holiday tradition is believed to have long existed in the pocosin and reporting on the crop dates back to the 19th century.
Second Core Sound Chow Down to double in size
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center is kicking off its annual Waterfowl Weekend Dec. 1-3 at the center on Harkers Island with a chowder and stew competition.
Paid summer internship program applications due Jan. 8
Rising juniors, seniors and graduate students attending the state’s historically Black colleges and universities and minority institution of higher education have until Jan. 8, 2024, to submit their application for the summer internship through the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Reserve advisory committee meetings set for December
Meetings are scheduled in December for the Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve’s 10 protected sites along the coast.
Morehead City’s Sugarloaf Island restoration project begins
With $6.6 million in state funds, restoration recently began on rapidly eroding Sugarloaf Island, a storm barrier that has long protected the Morehead City waterfront.
