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North Carolina’s national park sites in 2024 bring in $2.3B
Around 4.7 million visitors spent $732.2 million in the communities surrounding the North Carolina coast’s five National Park Service sites, a recent report finds.
Spotlight
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Attorneys allege Chemours hid emission data from public
The company “improperly withheld vital emission data from the public” in its Aug. 14 application to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality, according to a letter to regulators from Southern Environmental Law Center attorneys.
News Briefs
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Estuarine striped bass management changes meeting Nov. 5
NCDEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission staff have planned an informational meeting for 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in Washington on management changes for striped bass in the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse rivers.
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Fisheries seeks comment on sheepshead management
Fisheries officials plan to implement management changes for sheepshead because of increased fishing pressure in recent years and are seeking public input on potential management strategies.
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Coastal Reserve advisory meetings scheduled for November
Local advisory committee meetings of the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Reserve are scheduled to take place between Nov. 5 – 18.
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Dare sets final debris collection in Buxton for Wednesday
Dare County asks that the private contractors move the debris they’ve collected to the right-of-way along the east side of Old Lighthouse Road no later than Wednesday morning.
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Leland council bans open burning for land clearing
The Leland Town Council unanimously adopted a ban on open burning for the purposes of clearing land within town limits.
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Special Report
Federal Cuts, Coastal Effects
As the administration in Washington slashes funding and staffing and cancels programs under the guise of efficiency and cost-savings, the true costs are hitting hard here, leaving some local governments, institutions, nonprofits and residents underwater.
News & Features
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North Carolina’s national park sites in 2024 bring in $2.3B
Around 4.7 million visitors spent $732.2 million in the communities surrounding the North Carolina coast’s five National Park Service sites, a recent report finds.
Science
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Cape Fear ghost forests tell tale of ever-saltier water upriver
New findings in a report from the University of North Carolina Wilmington that examined tree cores and sediment samples from a nearby tributary show how the loss of cypress forests and protections they afford could worsen with further Cape Fear River dredging.
Commentary
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Toadstools: Friend or foe? Your best bet is to surely know
Some are beauties, some look naughty, others appear delicious and nutritious while others still will land you in hospital if eaten. Often, and to many, mushrooms are mostly mysterious.
Our Coast
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New Bern sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified decades later
Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward Bowden, who was aboard the USS California on that infamous morning in December 1941 and interred as an unknown for more than 80 years, was laid to rest last week at Arlington, bringing closure for his surviving family.
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Our Coast: The Shirt Factory in Morehead City, 1942
Historian David Cecelski in this installment of his photo-essay series, “Working Lives: Photographs from Eastern North Carolina, 1937 to 1947,” goes inside the Morehead City Garment Co. in the early days of World War II.
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Our Coast: In my great-uncle’s sweet potato fields, 1942
This installment of historian David Cecelski’s photo-essay series, “Working Lives: Photographs from Eastern North Carolina, 1937 to 1947,” is more personal than usual for the author. They were taken at his great-uncle George Ball and his brother Raymond Ball’s potato farm in Harlowe.
Featured Photo
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Shift change
Danielle Carey of Holly Ridge recently submitted this image of various shorebirds congregating on a sand bank in the Sneads Ferry area as if time for a shift change. “This was my first time taking this lens out on the water, and I felt like it was the one day I wasn’t seeing any birds out” Carey told us in her submission. “On our way back, I spotted this little sandbar with a whole variety of birds. I was so excited, and although I aim to capture birds in flight, I loved that I was able to capture a moment…
