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.
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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.
Utility chief meets with science board on PFAS request
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority executive director met this week with state science advisers to discuss adding a persistent compound to the state’s priority per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances list.
Land Trust adds 400 acres to Goose Creek Game Lands
The Coastal Land Trust, along with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the state, recently acquired for conservation more than 400 acres of developable waterfront property in Pamlico County.
Threatened houses workgroup meeting set for Oct. 12
The Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are set to host an interagency workgroup meeting by web conference to discuss government authorities for managing threatened oceanfront structures.
Nonnative apple snails, zebra mussels found in NC waters
A type of snail harmful to native habitat, can make people sick and is outlawed in North Carolina is the second confirmed aquatic invasive species in the state in less than a month.
Land, Water Fund awards $45M to protect NC places
Funds will go to projects to restore or enhance over 10 miles of streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries and more than 7,000 acres of wetlands, for projects to evaluate innovative techniques for managing stormwater, and to planning projects to identify key water quality and conservation opportunities in watersheds.
Albemarle-Pamlico flooding study project kicks off Oct. 23
During the meeting, residents will be encouraged to share their experiences with where flooding happens, conditions that lead to flooding, things that make flooding worse, and other water-related concerns, as well as what they value about the region and important places to protect.
