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A tiny Z-scale model train operated by Mike Basher of Basher and Sons Hobbies rounds the bend during an appearance earlier this month at the 30th annual John Costlow Train Show at the North Carolina Maritime Museum Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center in Beaufort.
Briggs to lead Wildlife Resources Commission in 2025
Dec 6, 2024 · The state agency “dedicated to the conservation and wise management of fish and wildlife, and the regulation of inland fishing, hunting, trapping and boating regulations” will be under new leadership effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Surf City’s 50-year sand plan calls for 22 million cubic yards
Sep 30, 2024 · “That’s a lot of sand,” said Kent Tranter, project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington district. Tranter kicked off a public meeting in the town Tuesday night in a presentation of the Corps’ draft general reevaluation report and environmental assessment released last month on the project. “I will caution you, this is the draft report.
Undergrads to present Currituck Sound research findings
Dec 6, 2024 · UNC Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment’s Outer Banks Field Site students, shown here, will present the findings of their Capstone Research Project Dec. 12 at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus.Photo: Coastal Studies Institute
Energy company secures financing for Chowan wind facility
Dec 10, 2024 · Apex Clean Energy, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, has secured construction funding for the 45-turbine wind facility currently being built in Chowan County.
Blue Economy Index perks up slightly, lags benchmarks
Dec 9, 2024 · Following a strong September showing with better than 7% growth, the UNCW index slipped by 4.55% in October, falling below the performance of its closest benchmarks, which include the MSCI All World Index, the S&P 500, and the S&P Industrials. “The modest performance from BLUEECO can be attributed to uncertainty surrounding the United States election,” according to the release.
EPA awards $421 million to multistate-nonprofit coalition
Jul 22, 2024 · The 21 proposed projects are estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28 million metric tons by 2050. The grant includes roughly $30 million over five years for the Newport-based North Carolina Coastal Federation, which publishes Coastal Review.
Maps may yield clearest clues to ‘nation’s oldest mystery’
Oct 10, 2024 · The north end of Roanoke Island, with the Albemarle Sound visible beyond. Photo: National Park Service. ROANOKE ISLAND — While immigration is a hot election-year topic, it’s perhaps notable that speculation continues unabated about the fate of America’s first English immigrants who vanished into the mists of history 437 years ago, with yet another twist in the saga of the real people who ...
Warming oceans intensified hurricanes’ strength: Studies
Nov 22, 2024 · The difference is a “tiny bit lower” than Gilford’s findings, “but very much in the same ballpark,” said Dr. Friederike “Fredi” Otto, a senior lecturer in climate science at Imperial College London and lead of World Weather Attribution, a team of researchers from several European-based institutions.. Otto said the companion study, “really shows that …
Cape Fear museum to host American Revolution exhibit
Dec 4, 2024 · On display from Dec. 11-29, "The American Revolution Experience" includes display panels and interactive digital kiosks that rely on "storytelling, illustration, technology and primary accounts to connect modern audiences with the people and places that shaped the birth of our nation," organizers said.