The decision continues a trend of county-based essential or workforce housing proposals being rejected at the municipal level.
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Tonya Sanders’ love of fishing leads to online support group
The Wilmington native’s Facebook group, Female Fishing Fanatics, is open to all anglers, but is specifically a safe haven for women to be able to post their catches without fear of online harassment.
Coastal Resources Commission must revisit FLUPSYs
Coastal Resources Commission members, during their in-person meeting Sept. 21, are expected to hear a permit variance and hold public hearings for other rules currently in development.
College to offer introduction to living shorelines session
Carteret Community College has announced its new prerequisite-free Introduction to Living Shorelines Academy set for Nov. 2.
Title 1 schools can apply for NC Aquariums education grants
Deadline is Sept. 15 for the Aquarium Scholars grant, a program for schools with high poverty.
Petrels ‘little superheroes’ to researcher Kate Sutherland
UNCW researcher and Hatteras Island resident Kate Sutherland studies the chemical isotopes of the feathers from black-capped petrels, a difficult-to-study, endangered pelagic birds species.
State officials monitoring fish kill in Neuse River
The affected area includes New Bern near Union Point and Bridgeton, downstream to Riverdale.
Brunswick Family Assistance to open new HQ in Bolivia
As of Monday, Brunswick Family Assistance will move its offices and food pantry from Shallotte to 929 Old Ocean Highway in Bolivia.
Cape Lookout’s Beaufort visitor center to permanently close
Cape Lookout National Seashore’s lease with the town for a visitor center on Front Street expires Dec. 31 and will not be extended.
Study of estuaries finds lower acidification than in oceans
New research finds that nutrient pollution in the Neuse River Estuary-Pamlico Sound and Chesapeake Bay could affect how carbon dioxide is dissolved in inland coastal waters.
Environmental Stewardship Initiative conference set
The Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative conference offers educational sessions on timely environmental topics, a chance to share best practices, and networking events.
Agreement opens up more nature opportunities for campers
New neighbors, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust and Camp Albemarle, are working together to provide more recreation and environmental education opportunities for children.
UNCW to host its first Ocean Innovation Conference Sept. 19
Taking place on University of North Carolina Wilmington’s campus, the daylong conference will explore the blue economy in the region.
Refuge’s 15-year water plan a conservation balancing act
Maintaining the natural dynamic between fire and water in Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is key in the latest plan to restore, protect and conserve this unusual landscape.
State certifies new record red hind
Christopher Rocci of Morehead City caught the 10-pound, 2.4-ounce fish July 27 45 miles offshore of Beaufort Inlet.
Precautionary swimming advisory lifted at most NC sites
State recreational water quality officials lifted Friday the precautionary advisory against swimming issued Aug. 31 due to Tropical Storm Idalia in all coastal waters.
