The meeting in Swan Quarter is expected to provide attendees with an overview of the work that has been completed over the past year to implement the Lake Mattamuskeet restoration plan and an opportunity to speak with each project partners.
EMC to consider stormwater programs, hear PFAS updates
The Environmental Management Commission committees are to meet Nov. 8 and the full commission Nov. 9, both days in Raleigh and available online.
Ramp inspections to alter Bayview-Aurora ferry runs
The schedule change is set for Wednesday, Nov.1, and Thursday, Nov. 2.
Former ferry service director Harold Thomas honored
Harold Thomas, who retired in August as the director of the North Carolina Ferry Division, was honored today with the Outstanding Government Service Award during the Governor’s Awards for Excellence ceremony.
Events set to commemorate 1898 Wilmington massacre
Numerous events are scheduled in the coming weeks to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre of Nov. 10, 1898.
Forest Service needs feedback on Neuse River project
The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comment through Nov. 18 on projects to repair and enhance parts of Flanners Beach, Fisher’s Landing, Pine Cliff and Siddie Fields recreation sites in the Croatan National Forest.
Shallotte man first convicted under new felony charge
Matthew Ferster of Shallotte was recently sentenced for three counts of death by impaired boating under Sheyenne’s Law, which was approved in 2016.
NEW: Knotts Island ferry to run on temporary schedule
UPDATED: The Currituck-Knotts Island ferry will make its early morning and late afternoon school runs Oct. 25-26 but service will be suspended for the rest of the day to allow for a paving project near the Currituck terminal to proceed.
Elizabeth City museum to host Lake Phelps canoes program
The museum in Elizabeth City is offering the talk Nov. 15 with a state archaeologist on the effort to conserve the dugout canoes excavated from Lake Phelps in Pettigrew State Park.
Contractors to host hiring event for Navassa site cleanup
Companies are looking for truck drivers, flaggers, heavy equipment operators, and field technicians for the removal of contaminated soil from the Superfund site.
Grant to support living shoreline, wetland restoration work
The North Carolina Coastal Federation has received $1.53 million from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund to support its living shoreline cost-share program and large-scale wetland restoration in Carteret County.
Drivers should expect delays on Oak Island bridge
The Department of Transportation plans to conduct a routine inspection of the N.C. 133 bridge to Oak Island over the Intracoastal Waterway this week.
Rodanthe shipwrecks subject of next ‘Science on the Sound’
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.
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.
