The volunteer planting, which was originally scheduled to take place Monday, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in a 10-acre wetland that is being restored in Carolina Beach State Park.
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Pick of the pumpkin patch
Barbara Johnson of Morehead City carries a pumpkin Thursday across the grounds the First Presbyterian Church at 1604 Arendell St. Held every October, the fundraising event that benefits the children and youth ministry program is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday until Oct. 31. Photo: Dylan Ray.
Hurricanes are getting increasingly worse: Climatologist
As tropical storms become wetter and more intense, the perception that hurricanes are just a coastal issue has changed in the last century, Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis says.
DMF closes mobile-gear flounder harvest in southern waters
Flounder harvest closed Thursday for gill nets, gigs and other mobile gears in waters the southern part of the state because landings approached the quota sub-allocation for this gear and area category.
$4.6M in grants to go to coastal conservation projects
More than $4.6 million will go to coastal conservation efforts such as property acquisition and living shoreline projects out of $36 million in statewide grants through North Carolina Land and Water Fund, the state announced earlier this week.
Outer Banks lecture series to highlight surf forecasting
This month’s Science on the Sound lecture series will dive into the tools and technology surf forecasters use to bring real-time ocean and wave conditions and surf reports to beaches, including those of the Outer Banks, throughout the world.
Autumn’s traditional scents, aromas are soul-deep comforts
Humans’ sense of smell is powerful, and scent-triggered memories, such as the aromas of fall foods, can take us back to our childhoods or to any special memories with just one whiff.
Oct. 11 marks 129th anniversary of ES Newman rescue
On Oct. 11, 1896, during hurricane conditions and in the darkness of the night, Keeper Richard Etheridge and the all-Black surfmen crew he commanded at the Pea Island Life-Saving Station — Benjamin Bowser, Dorman Pugh, Theodore Meekins, Lewis Wescott, Stanley Wise and William Irving — saved all onboard the shipwrecked schooner.
Builder vows fight to develop land that includes Sledge Forest
Copper Builders founder Wade Miller says misconceptions are fueling opposition to his proposed Hilton Bluffs development on a portion of 4,000 acres including a nationally threatened forest; opponents say entire tract should be conserved.
Opinion: Ocean Isle’s terminal groin process fully transparent
Readers are not provided full context and are left with an incomplete understanding of the facts regarding the lengthy, transparent public process behind the town’s terminal groin project, writes Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith.
Dare’s contractor to begin debris pickup this week in Buxton
Dare County’s debris removal contractor will begin collecting debris from the right-of-way at Old Lighthouse Road Wednesday, ahead of the bad weather forecast for this weekend.
Free weekend concerts ring out in Oriental
Fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist Noah Cobb, 18, of Greenville, performs Saturday at the New Village Brewery in Oriental as part of the Pamlico County village’s two-day Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival, which was free to attend and brought together folk, Americana, bluegrass, country, gospel, blues and jazz performers on numerous stages sited within walking distance of one another. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Our Coast: In my great-uncle’s sweet potato fields, 1942
This installment of historian David Cecelski’s photo-essay series, “Working Lives: Photographs from Eastern North Carolina, 1937 to 1947,” is more personal than usual for the author. They were taken at his great-uncle George Ball and his brother Raymond Ball’s potato farm in Harlowe.
Crews remove more than 140 truckloads of house debris
National Park Service crews, area organizations, and volunteers continue cleanup efforts along Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches after the collapse of eight oceanfront homes in Buxton and one in Rodanthe last week.
Carolina Bays Parkway project hearings now set for Oct. 23
Public hearing on the proposed Carolina Bays Parkway extension running from South Carolina into Brunswick County have been rescheduled for later this month.
Blue crab populations decline after juvenile stage: Study
The blue crab population in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System is disappearing sometime between when juveniles leave their nursery habitats and before reaching sexual maturity, a recent study finds.
