Doctoral candidate Allyson Ropp will present “Wrecked on Chicamacomico: An Examination of the Shipwrecks along Wimble Shoals, Rodanthe, North Carolina” Thursday at the Coastal Studies Institute.
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Park Service taps nonprofit fund to buy 2 Rodanthe houses
Details emerged last week on a pilot program in which the Cape Hatteras National Seashore purchased two threatened oceanfront houses in Rodanthe, but challenges remain.
Sound Rivers receives grant for Craven stormwater project
The state awarded Sound Rivers more than $250,000 to put in place a stormwater project at West Craven Middle School in Vanceboro to protect the Neuse River.
Hyde County seeks federal help with Hatteras Inlet dredging
The county board wrote that the situation with shoaling in the channel used by ferries that serve Ocracoke Island had become dire, lengthening travel times and “limiting life-saving services in one of the most treacherous areas along the entire East Coast.”
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher to welcome sea turtle hatchlings
The two, tiny loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings named Pico and Aleta were named by students.
Community Conversation: Plans for ‘next Florence’ emerge
Special Report: Hurricane Florence five years ago forced new thinking about adaptation and resiliency, especially in North Carolina’s most vulnerable coastal areas.
Uncovering the improbable tale of multifaceted Frank Stick
New series: Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Gil Gaul dives into newspaper clippings, archives and other sources to reveal the complex story of the New Jersey artist, outdoorsman, developer and speculator who filled miles of Outer Banks beaches with hundreds of houses.
Converging, if not merging
The Earl C. Davis Memorial Bridge, right, is still in use Wednesday as the only route for motorists on and off of Harkers Island, while construction continues on its replacement.
Florence’s scars heal slowly as change becomes more visible
Special report: Five years after Hurricane Florence battered and drenched Down East Carteret County, much has changed, but solutions are elusive.
A special time to remember the 1896 E.S. Newman rescue
The Miami-based Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge is named for the first African American to command a Life Saving Station, one known for the Oct. 11, 1896, rescue of all onboard the shipwrecked schooner.
Wings Over Water Festival set to mark 25th anniversary
The festival takes place at six national wildlife refuges that together cover parts of six northeast North Carolina counties and is the annual fundraiser for the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society.
Dare towns challenge affordable housing budget provision
The housing measure, for which no one has yet acknowledged responsibility, restricts the towns’ ability to regulate affordable housing projects funded by $35 million in state money awarded to the county for that purpose.
Changes from Hurricane Florence Down East still visible
New series: The Down East Resilience Network brought together state agency representatives, scientists, residents and advocates for a two-day community conversation on changes Down East since the 2018 Category 1 storm and how to prepare for the next.
October is NC Oyster Month: Celebrate a coastal treasure
More than a mere seafood delicacy, oysters are key to the coastal environment, and North Carolina Oyster Month includes festivities and events that spotlight their importance to the entire state.
Bill Forman, noted NC coastal engineer, dies at 73
Forman was president of Arendell Engineers in Morehead City and was known for his work in civil and coastal engineering up and down the East Coast.
Aquarium mourns death of white loggerhead Nimbus
Nimbus, the 13-year-old white, loggerhead sea turtle at N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores was humanely euthanized Wednesday evening.
