Engineers from the North Carolina Department of Transportation presented status updates on several projects in Nags Head during the town’s Board of Commissioners meeting on February 1, 2023. Details were provided on the repaving project along U.S. 158 that is now underway, replacement of several drainage pipes along N.C. 12 and a proposed realignment of…Read More from VIDEO: NCDOT update on U.S. 158 repave, drain pipe replacements in Nags Head, realignment of street at Whalebone

by Sam Walker

Work on widening and drainage upgrades at the intersection of U.S. 158 and Colington Road is scheduled to begin this week as part of the overall project taking place on one of the busiest secondary roads in North Carolina. The State Board of Transportation awarded a nearly $20 million contract to the Fred Smith Company…Read More from Widening and drainage work at U.S. 158/Colington Road intersection to begin this week

by Sam Walker

An ecosystem project in a North Carolina peat bog could yield jobs, help with stormwater management, suppress wildfires, and is part of an ambitious plan to create a carbon credit market to offset millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Click to read the first of a two-part series from Catherine Kozak at CoastalReview.org…Read More from Coastal Review: Rewetted drained pocosin can do a lot, like store tons of carbon dioxide

by Sam Walker

College of The Albemarle (COA) is pleased to announce that the cosmetology graduates for December 2021 celebrate a 100% first-attempt pass rate for the State Board of Cosmetic Arts.  Students graduated in December 2021, with exams taking place in 2022.  College of The Albemarle recently received confirmation of all exam results for this class.  Students…Read More from College of The Albemarle cosmetology program celebrates 100 percent pass rate

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Improvements to an intersection along N.C. 12 on Bodie Island are underway to add longer and new turn lanes, with crews scheduled to pave the Coquina Beach/Bodie Island Lighthouse Road intersection over the weekend. Crews from Barnhill Construction have been been working since late fall on adding a northbound right turn lane into Coquina Beach,…Read More from New, longer turn lanes under construction at Bodie Island Lighthouse/Coquina Beach intersection on N.C. 12

by Sam Walker