News across Carteret County
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Published September 22Hearing set on proposal to add military training ops in Carteret
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point's proposal includes adding and increasing training activities and operations within the base's range complex, and expanding restricted water areas.
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Published September 22Hatteras event honors community, its working waterfront
Hatteras Village's 22nd annual Day at the Docks welcomed locals and visitors alike Saturday with its celebration and recognition of the traditions, people and flavors that helped shape the island community's identity.
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Published September 21NOAA gets $64 million to build new lab; former staff ‘elated’
Dr. Bud Cross, a longtime director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's historic Beaufort Laboratory, says the recent announcement the a new facility would soon be built on Pivers Island came as "great news to all of us who have worked there.”
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Published September 18Online informational meeting on red wolf recovery Sept. 29
Fish and Wildlife officials said the session will cover topics such as recovery efforts for the species, the status of recovery efforts in the eastern North Carolina red wolf population area, coyote-management strategies, and planning.
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Published September 18Environmental education office finds new home at Catawba
After being cut from the state budget in July, the North Carolina Environmental Education Certification Program will transition starting Oct. 1 from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to Catawba College's Center for the Environment.
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Published September 18When is the best time to go fishing? Soon, old sport, soon
It's no illusion, fall fishing is the absolute best time to be on the water, and "life starts all over again," as Fitzgerald noted, but there may be a little magic involved.
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Published September 17State awards millions in grants to support arts programs
“Our state’s investment in arts and culture is essential to the strength of our communities and our statewide economy,” N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Pamela B. Cashwell said.
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Published September 17EPA, Army propose alternative draft definitions for ‘WOTUS’
The comment period ends Oct. 9 on proposed alternative definitions that environmental groups say will strip protections from seasonal wetlands and waterways.
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Published September 16Fisheries to hold red drum scoping period through October
The monthlong scoping period is to give fishermen and other stakeholders an opportunity to share ideas on potential management strategies for the scheduled comprehensive review of the N.C. Red Drum Fishery Management Plan.
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Published September 16Pest or purpose, tiny ants play outsized roles in our world
It's easy to despise fire ants on your foot or sugar ants in your pantry, but give the little buggers some grace, because this place would really be a mess without them.
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Published September 15Volunteers needed to serve on fisheries advisory committees
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission is looking to fill seats on the northern and southern advisory committees, and finfish, habitat and water quality, and shellfish/crustacean advisory committees.
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Published September 15Pro surfers ride ubiquitous symbol of ocean pollution in film
“The Cigarette Surfboard,” a film about surfing activists and tobacco-related pollution around the world, will make its online premiere Tuesday through Sept. 27, and is timed to include International Coastal Cleanup Day, Sept. 19.