Gov. Josh Stein and NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson this week visited Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s Sweeney Water Treatment Plant in Wilmington, where they announced a $17.8 million grant from the state to support the replacement and capacity upgrade of one of the utility’s reclamation facilities.
‘Science on the Sound’ to dig into 16th-century Hatteras
“The Smoking Gun?: New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh in the Sixteenth Century” is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Coastal Studies Institute on the East Carolina University Outer Banks Campus.
Construction to resume on I-140 stretch in Brunswick County
Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation will resume work on a 6-mile stretch of 1-140 beginning Monday.
Wildlife agency to host hearings on proposed fisheries rules
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission officials will discuss proposed temporary rule amendments for sheepshead and spotted seatrout during public hearings scheduled for this month.
Environmental Management Commission set to meet
The commission that adopts rules to protect natural resources and its committees will meet in Raleigh March 11-12.
Agencies to provide work, study updates on Navassa site
A community meeting providing updates and future work at the Navassa Superfund Site in Brunswick County has been scheduled for March 12.
NCDEQ to host online session on flood mitigation Blueprint
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Flood Resiliency Blueprint program is scheduled to host an online public information session March 25.
Work to begin on fire-damaged light station quarters
Once repairs are completed at the Bodie Island double keepers’ quarters, which was damaged in January 2025 in an electrical fire, new exhibits will be installed on the building’s ground floor.
Registration open for March 25-27 aquaculture conference
The 2026 North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conference is scheduled for March 25-27 in Morehead City.
NC fisheries division asks for Gulf flounder carcass donations
The upcoming recreational Gulf flounder season off the North Carolina coast is just around the corner, and state marine fisheries officials are asking fishers to donate the carcasses of their Gulf flounder catch.
Dare chairman to deliver state of the county later this month
Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard is scheduled to deliver a state of the county presentation in Buxton March 21, three days after making the same presentation to a full Kill Devil Hills audience.
Ozone levels included in state daily air quality forecasts
Ozone will be included in the North Carolina Division of Air Quality’s daily air quality forecasts from now through Oct. 31.
New sheepshead regulations to begin March 1
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries says the new regulations are needed due to increases in sheepshead harvest, particularly juvenile fish.
NCDOT to expand Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry schedule
With daylight saving time little more than a week away and spring temperatures on the horizon, state transportation officials are adding more departures to the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route.
CRC OKs bigger sandbag structures at Figure Eight properties
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission recently granted a variance that allows several Figure Eight Island property owners to have larger than typically allowed sandbag revetments installed along their waterfront properties to hold back erosion.
Bicycle, pedestrian, multimodal planning grants available
The 2026 Multimodal Planning Grant Program, administered by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, provides a “comprehensive strategy for expanding bicycle and pedestrian opportunities in a community, rather than support a single project.”
