The North Carolina Department of Transportation funding includes four rail infrastructure projects on the coast.
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Funding boosts UNCW scientists’ work to stem coral losses
University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers recently received nearly $2 million to further study how to ethically protect coral reefs from being wiped out by disease and climate change.
Making a Way: Army Corps of Engineers 1930-1932
Historian David Cecelski has compiled a selection of photographs from an album the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Office of History discovered in their historical collections a few years ago.
Scuppernong River study takes regional look at water woes
Officials say that because water knows no boundaries, a basin-wide approach was needed to better address water management challenges on both private and public lands.
$10M contract awarded to mill, resurface 5 miles on I-140
Transportation officials announced the contract award Wednesday.
Division to accept comments on striped mullet fishery
The public has until Jan. 17 to comment on the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Draft Amendment 2 that contains a suite of proposed management options pertaining to the commercial and recreational fisheries.
Central Atlantic offshore wind fields to go up for lease
The federal Bureau of Ocean Management has announced plans to hold lease sales for two new offshore wind fields in the central Atlantic.
Commission restores 16 recently nullified, years-old rules
The Coastal Resources Commission on Wednesday adopted 16 emergency rules to temporarily replace the most critical of the 30 that were stripped from the books after the Rules Review Commission objected to them in October.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail seeks input on extending in Pender
The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail group is asking the public to fill out a short survey on plans to extend the trail by more than 4 miles in Holly Shelter Game Land.
3 eastern NC properties recognized on Historic Register
Three properties in eastern North Carolina have been added this year to the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places.
White shark conservation talk Friday at PKS aquarium
OCEARCH founder and expedition leader Chris Fisher will give a presentation on white shark conservation Friday at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.
Hundreds celebrate opening of bridge to Harkers Island
More than 300 crowded onto the new Harkers Island bridge Tuesday to join in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the high-rise structure — and try it on foot.
Federation founder Miller to step back, Davis new director
North Carolina Coastal Federation Executive Director Todd Miller announced Monday that he is stepping down and that Dr. Braxton Davis, director of the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, will step into the role in February.
Sea Grant funding available for aquaculture projects, programs
Projects that focus on the following aquaculture categories and organisms in both marine and freshwater are eligible for this competition and include microalgae and macroalgae, or seaweed, mollusks, crustaceans, ornamentals, baitfish, finfish species for food production, and miscellaneous invertebrates.
Cape Lookout boardwalk replacement project begins
Visitors to Cape Lookout Lighthouse should take caution while a project to completely replace the existing boardwalk with weather-resistant materials takes place.
Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs now take 20 minutes longer
Because of shoaling in the traditional ferry channel, ferries leaving Hatteras and Ocracoke as of Thursday are using the deeper and safer Rollinson Channel that adds 20 minutes to each one-way trip.
