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On December 21, the News & Observer reported that a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear was spotted off North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries…
From Corolla, North Carolina, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, three dead whales washed ashore in three days in early March. Investigations and studies from environmentalists, whale conservationists, and concerned citizens argued…
The Outer Banks Voice reported recently that construction will begin next year on the Kitty Hawk wind energy area. Outer Banks residents are properly concerned about spoiled views and other economic impacts…
Wind projects off Brunswick County beaches would also interfere with military training and operations, including airspace used daily by the 169th Fighter Wing out of South Carolina. The Wilmington East…
The Pentagon alerted the Biden administration that several offshore wind energy areas slated for development would severely conflict with military operations, facilities, and training. Among the worst ones highlighted is…
December 12, 1957 | In Salisbury, the first Food Town opened. It was later renamed Food Lion in 1983. The chain cut prices dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s and became one of…
October 31, 1765 | Sons of Liberty protested the Stamp Act in Wilmington. It was a mock funeral of an effigy, “Liberty.” Before the protestors buried it, someone joyfully exclaimed that Liberty still had a…
Fishing communities in every coastal state have tried to alert the Biden administration to offshore wind energy's threat to their industry and marine habitats, biodiversity, and oceanography. The oceanic waters…
InsideNoVa reports: Six Outer Banks property owners have filed a federal lawsuit against Dare County, North Carolina, claiming their constitutional rights have been violated by an emergency order preventing access…
Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon explores the extent of local governments’ emergency powers. North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a premier vacation destination on the east coast, closed its borders…
As Netflix and Hollywood activists try to dictate their social agenda to NC policymakers, they try to restore the only film incentives program that's worse than the current film production…
New research by the Danish EPA finds that plastic bags are far better for the environment than paper or cotton bags.