Dare Soil & Water District accepting applications for Streamflow...
The Dare Soil & Water Conservation District has announced that it is now accepting applications for the Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP). StRAP is a state program that provides...
View ArticleUPDATED: Two threatened oceanfront homes in Rodanthe bought by National Park...
UPDATED, Thursday 4:30 p.m.: The Island Free Press reports both of a pair of threatened oceanfront houses in Rodanthe recently purchased by the National Park Service have been torn down as part of a...
View ArticleTown of Edenton to screen Hurricane Isabel documentary at Taylor Theater
The Town of Edenton has announced the public screening of a 20th anniversary documentary film marking Hurricane Isabel’s 2003 rampage through eastern North Carolina and Virginia: “Isabel 20.” The film,...
View ArticlePipeline dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel unlikely this winter
Pipeline dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel is not expected to happen this winter while agencies continue to seek solutions to funding shortfalls and dredge material disposal complications, a state...
View ArticleHow to help your business prepare for and recover from natural disasters
Bad weather and natural disasters, like the severe winter storms that hit the Central and Northeast U.S. in late December 2022 and the catastrophic flooding that affected millions in California in...
View ArticleDare Emergency Management receives national award for ‘Love the Beach,...
Dare County Emergency Management has received the 2023 Preparedness Award from the International Association of Emergency Managers—a 6,000-member nonprofit educational organization that is globally...
View Article2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-busiest; Idalia, Ophelia left...
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season that comes to an end on Thursday will be remembered for two late-summer storms that left their legacies on eastern North Carolina in what was one of the busiest...
View ArticleNags Head oceanfront property owners eligible to be reimbursed for moving sand
The Town of Nags Head held a meeting with oceanfront property owners and contractors in October about the town’s Sand Relocation Program, with owners eligible to receive reimbursement from the town for...
View ArticleMinimal soundside flooding reported, cold front dumps much needed rain across...
Only minimal soundside flooding was reported along the Outer Banks this morning, after winds associated with a strong cold front peaked in the early morning hours of Monday and had mostly subsided by...
View ArticleHeavy rain, strong winds to start Sunday across eastern N.C.; big surf,...
A strong non-tropical low pressure system that is starting to develop in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to race across the southeastern United States over the weekend, bringing the potential for heavy...
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