Due to popular demand, “Isabel 20,” a documentary about the impacts of Hurricane Isabel on Edenton and Chowan County, is returning to the big screen at Taylor Theater.
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Excerpt: Conflict Over Water Access from ‘Time And Tide’
Outer Banks resident and author Tim Hatcher examines the long history of conflicts over water access on the North Carolina coast in this selected chapter from his 2023 book, “Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast.”
Fisheries advisory committees scheduled to meet in January
North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission committees will meet in January to discuss various fisheries topics including striped mullet and eastern oyster management plans, and seagrass protection.
Student study shines light on Outer Banks sea turtle nesting
Outer Banks Field Site undergrads who conducted a four-month study of how artificial light at night affects sea turtle nesting have presented their findings, which indicate conservation efforts may be working.
State asks for EPA grant project ideas for reducing pollution
NCDEQ officials are asking for ideas from low-income, disadvantaged communities and communities experiencing environmental justice concerns to help guide its application for the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.
State Parks to ring in new year with First Day Hikes for all
More than 50 ranger-led First Day Hikes of varying degrees of length and difficultly are planned for New Year’s Day across the state, including here on the coast.
Brice’s Creek Nature Preserve to become nature park
The 172-acre Brice’s Creek Nature Preserve in New Bern the Coastal Land Trust transferred to Craven County this week is to become the county’s second public nature park.
Fisheries ask public to report any cold-stunned seatrout
Though no cold-stun events have been reported so far this season, officials say conditions in the coming weeks could affect spotted seatrout in coastal rivers and creeks.
Commission sets hearings on emergency coastal rules
The Coastal Resources Commission is expected to vote in February on the temporary rules approved to replace those deleted after Rules Review Commission objections.
Winter fishing comes with perils, discomfort, big rewards
Capt. Gordon doesn’t like winter any more than anyone, but he has tips for boating the big ones that don’t seem to mind the cold.
Designer Lilias J. Morrison: Homes should ‘blend into land’
Reared in Northwest England, surrounded by botanical gardens and history, the unlikely developer says she “became a builder because local builders wouldn’t do anything except beach boxes.”
State fisheries staff remove washed-up tires from beaches
North Carolina Division of Marie Fisheries staff on Tuesday began picking up hundreds of tires that washed ashore on two beaches following Sunday’s coastal storm.
State to invest $10M in short-line railroad improvements
The North Carolina Department of Transportation funding includes four rail infrastructure projects on the coast.
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.
