As the artist-turned-developer nears retirement age, his eye for opportunity leads to steadier finances, a new development project, a strained business relationship with his son, and the creation of another national park.
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Coastal Resources Commission meets Thursday
The meeting is set for 9 a.m. at the Beaufort Hotel, 2440 Lennoxville Road. A public comment period is scheduled for 11:45 a.m.
Event in Weldon to recall Roanoke River’s glory days
The Weldon Heritage Speaker Series Nov. 16 at Halifax Community College will include discussions of the effort to restock the river and Albemarle Sound with striped bass and the hero “River Rats.”
A future tied to tourism: Stick presses for national park
Fourth in a special series: Frank Stick’s Outer Banks development dreams having been largely dashed by the Great Depression and a hurricane, the conservationist landowner launched his calculated campaign to establish a seashore attraction.
$1.1M in grants available for emission reduction projects
Businesses and organizations from the public and private sector are eligible to apply for grants to fund projects that reduce emissions from diesel engines.
Navy base’s wretched reminders not just petroleum in soils
Recently exposed petroleum contamination at the old site of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, where the Navy and later the Coast Guard formerly operated, is but one nasty aspect of the abandoned installations’ environmental legacy.
Comment period open on proposed rules for 3 grant programs
Comments will be accepted until Jan. 2, 2024, on proposed rules for the Aquatic Weed Control Fund, Coastal Storm Mitigation Fund and the Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging Fund.
‘Catastrophic crisis’: Imported shrimp flood US market
Shrimp imports are overwhelming domestic shrimp producers and driving prices for locally sourced shrimp to record lows, prompting demands that the federal government declare a fishery resource disaster.
Commercial fishing funds committees to meet Monday
The joint meeting of the Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund is Monday.
See Moores Creek at night by candlelight Nov. 11
Visitors will travel along the candlelit trail with reenactors and living historians sharing stories of the early days of the American Revolution and of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, Feb. 27, 1776.
Scuttled Confederate ship had served both sides in Civil War
The steamboat scuttled at Cobb Point near Elizabeth City by its Confederate captain during winter 1862 had previously served as a Union vessel.
State awards $2.3M in Environmental Enhancement Grants
Just shy of $1 million funded through the N.C. Department of Justice’s Environmental Enhancement Grant program is going to projects with coastal benefits.
Vessel discharges diesel into Taylors Creek for 40 minutes
As much as 70 gallons of diesel fuel is estimated to have spilled Saturday at Beaufort Docks.
‘It’s not a costume’
An orb weaver appears to don its Halloween skull mask. Photo: Mark Courtney
Fall fishing — sweater weather — the best time to get back
Autumn is the best for dramatic and rewarding fishing adventures, and Capt. Gordon returns to share his tips for success on the water.
Cape Hatteras seashore home to 378 sea turtle nests in 2023
Outer Banks Forever, Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s official nonprofit partner, shared all the nest and sea turtle statistics rangers collected during the 2023 nesting season.
