barrier islands in North Carolina, United States
The N.C. Department of Transportation is betting millions of dollars on the viability of a passenger-only ferry to Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks. Rick Henderson analyzes the proposal for…
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on one former lawmaker’s argument that North Carolina’s plastic bag ban on the Outer Banks is likely unconstitutional. John Hood’s Daily Journal emphasizes…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on experts’ analysis of criteria N.C. legislators want to use when drawing new election maps. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why North Carolina…
Two bills currently before the General Assembly (House Bill 271 and Senate Bill 434) contain a provision to repeal the state ban on Outer Banks retailers using plastic bags. Retailers up and…
Per the Virginian Pilot, this happened earlier this week: An abandoned makeshift boat that may have carried Cuban refugees washed ashore in Avon Tuesday afternoon. The boat made of metal…
Very cool to see this happening. Per the Charlotte Observer: The day that World War II reached North Carolina is captured in two rusting hulks 35 miles off Cape Hatteras:…
Raleigh City Councilman Bonner Gaylord has asked city staff for information about taxing plastic bags. Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has the story of what may be coming to capital city…
The Outer Banks Voice is reporting that sand from the recent beach nourishment project in Nags Head, NC is starting to drift westward, covering walkways and filling in property owners’…
It will, if those retirees who read Forbes magazine focus on a new article from Ashlea Ebeling. Ebeling doesn’t like everything about the plan, but she and her headline writer…
According to the NC Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina’s 107 charter schools had a record 50,001 students in average daily membership (ADM) this school year. Charters enrolled 45,388 students…
The state audit reveals this: The report accuses Stacy Nelson, an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, of taking two personal trips under the guise of…
RALEIGH — If predictions of more than three feet of rising sea levels by 2100 have you ready to flee from your beach house, a leading climate scientist might be…