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Report on effects of hardened shorelines offers no easy fix
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (516+ words) 06/23/2026 by Catherine Kozak If the Coastal Resources Commission Science Panel's draft report to the state last week was a master class in explaining ocean beach erosion processes along the state's 320-mile Atlantic Coastline, there may have been some state legislators…...
Committee advances bills upending 40-year coastal policy
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (920+ words) 06/18/2026 by Trista Talton North Carolina lawmakers pushed forward a pair of bills Wednesday that, in tandem, would repeal a decades-old ban on hardened coastal erosion-control structures and secure state funding for terminal groins. Senate Bill 1009 aims to erase the state's…...
New interactive map shows Hatteras Island erosion over time
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (188+ words) 02/13/2026 by Staff Report Because of recent'erosion concerns, Dare County GIS staff began remotely monitoring two priority areas on Hatteras Island using drone technology. GIS'staff used the drone imagery collected so far to create a'new interactive map that allows the public…...
Dare County issued permit for Buxton beach nourishment
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (275+ words) 02/11/2026 by Staff Report The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Coastal Management has issued a permit to Dare County for a beach nourishment project planned for this summer at Buxton. The division also announced Wednesday that it had…...
Ocean Isle Beach landowners get OK to build sandbag wall
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (982+ words) 11/24/2025 by Trista Talton BEAUFORT " Owners of vacant oceanfront lots being chewed by erosion at the eastern tip of Ocean Isle Beach have been permitted to install larger than typically allowed sandbag structures at the beach to protect their properties. The…...
Free lecture to highlight satellites' role in resilience planning
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (240+ words) 11/17/2025 by Staff Report East Carolina University associate professor of coastal studies Dr. David Lagomasino will be the featured lecturer Thursday for the Coastal Studies Institute's Science on the Sound Lecture Series. Lagomasino will present, "Watching the Tides Roll: How Satellites…...
Sediment Control Commission to meet Thursday
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (352+ words) 11/17/2025 by Staff Report The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a. m. Thursday in the Archdale Building in Raleigh. An agenda and supporting documents can be found on the'commission webpage. The Beaufort Hotel is extremely thankful for all the work that the…...
Coastal geologist Stan Riggs sets out on 10-book project
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1445+ words) 11/12/2025 by Catherine Kozak First of two parts. The Beaufort Hotel is extremely thankful for all the work that the North Carolina Coastal Federation does for our beautiful home and coastline! We are proud to partner with them through our "Coins…...
Excerpt: Cape Lookout, 'Paradigm for a Coastal System Ethic"
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (191+ words) 11/13/2025 by Dr. Stanley Riggs Editor's note: Second in a series on the newest work by coastal geologist Stan Riggs, the following is an excerpt from "Cape Lookout National Seashore: Paradigm For A Coastal System Ethic." The book, with a foreword…...
Coastal storm brings ocean overwash, erosion to NC beaches
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1474+ words) 10/15/2025 by Trista Talton and Jennifer Allen "The nor'easter that swept up the East Coast this past weekend stripped ocean beaches of sand, inundated areas with floodwaters and pushed seawater over dunes and roads along North Carolina's coast. The Outer Banks…...