Brunswick County Chairman Thompson has ended the county’s state of emergency for COVID-19.
News Briefs
Living Shoreline Work to Begin in Topsail
Topsail Beach and the North Carolina Coastal Federation are installing four living shoreline demonstration projects to reduce erosion and maintain fisheries habitat.
NCDOT Collects 2M Pounds of Litter This Year
NCDOT crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 2 million pounds of litter from roadsides since Jan. 1.
Southport Museum Fine-Tunes ASL Tour
The N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport hosted state Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing staff who gave feedback on the newly offered American Sign Language tour.
CRC Sets Special Meeting on 2 Court Cases
The Coastal Resources Commission will meet March 22 to discuss two litigation cases, one of which will be during closed session.
MFC Chair Calls Special Meeting
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting has postponed its Thursday meeting, and called a special meeting to reconsider the southern flounder allocation.
Committee Retires Names of Deadly Storms
The panel in charge of naming Atlantic tropical cyclones has retired some of the more notorious storm names from its rotating lists.
Coquina Beach Cleanup Slated for April 17
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is hosting a beach cleanup at Coquina Beach on Bodie Island.
25 Towns, Counties to Get Resilience Funding
The coastal communities will receive a total of $675,000 for technical assistance in risk assessment and resilience planning work through NCDEQ’s Division of Coastal Management.
Currituck to Collect Hazardous Waste
Currituck County and sponsors are collecting at two locations Saturday household hazardous waste such antifreeze and other automotive fluid, household batteries and oil-based paints.
Plan to Fund Avon Nourishment Advances
Dare County gave the go-ahead to begin establishing a Municipal Service District in Avon to help cover the cost of a $11 million beach nourishment project.
NCDOT Celebrates Women in STEM
Marking Women’s History Month, NCDOT brought together its women engineers for a roundtable discussion on STEM career paths and shattering barriers.
Work Ahead on U.S. 64 in Tyrrell, Washington
A $3.6 million contract has been awarded to a Raleigh company to improve two sections of U.S. 64 totaling almost 12 miles in Tyrrell and Washington counties.
Hatteras Village Pathway Work to Begin
Construction is expected to begin this month on the Hatteras Village Pathway, a 3.1-mile paved pathway expected to be completed by Aug. 15.
Groups Launch Fisheries Water Quality Effort
The Water Quality for Fisheries, or WQ4F, Program is a newly launched effort by state and volunteer organizations to address water quality concerns for fisheries communities.
Coastwide Abandoned Vessel Removal Ahead
A statewide effort will begin this month to remove more than 80 abandoned and derelict vessels from the North Carolina coast.
