Bring your friends and family to celebrate the arrival of fall at Island Farm each Saturday in October during the 12th annual Pumpkin Patch event. There will be no shortage of fun memories to be made, with a large pumpkin patch and a diverse array of fall games and activities offered. This event will take…Read More from Island Farm to host 12th Annual Pumpkin Patch every Saturday in October
A program to boost environmental initiatives, including green energy, and climate resiliency is being created in North Carolina. Funding has been secured by the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, or VolunteerNC, to create the North Carolina Climate Action Corps, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday. The program, a nearly $1 million investment, will begin this…Read More from State secures funding for climate action volunteer program
With summer now in the rear view window, everyone is starting to catch their breath (a little, shoulder season feels almost as busy these days) and count up how business went this season. And for the most part, it would seem it was another banner year for visitation, if a little down from the recording…Read More from Kill Devil Hills ranked number one beach town in North Carolina; nine on Outer Banks in top 25
Income inequality declined in 2022 for the first time since 2007, due primarily to declines in real median household income at middle and top income brackets, according to the Income in the United States: 2022 report released last week. Story by Melissa Kollar, a survey statistician in the Census Bureau’s Income Statistics Branch. The report shows…Read More from U.S. income inequality in 2022 decreased for first time in 15 years
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is asking people to please be on the lookout for blue land crabs, Cardisoma guanhumi, and to report sightings. Blue land crabs are non-native species to the Carolinas that look like enormous fiddler crabs. There has been a spate of recent reports of blue land crabs spotted in North Carolina…Read More from N.C. Marine Fisheries asks public to report Blue Land Crab sightings
The Outer Banks made it through relatively unscathed from Tropical Storm Ophelia, which made landfall early Saturday along the Crystal Coast, and the soundside flooding that came in Saturday evening with strong southerly winds has since receded. Good Sunday morning! The entire length of NC12 is open and passable with a little residual sand and…Read More from Soundside flooding has receded along parts of Outer Banks as Ophelia moves away
Summer is over across the U.S., so now is the perfect time to start planning next year’s beach vacation. Story by Elena Cox, Stacker.com Travelers were busy during summer 2023. On Memorial Day weekend, largely considered the unofficial start of summer, the Transportation Security Administration screened 9.8 million people, surpassing pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Trips abroad…Read More from Kill Devil Hills ranked 10th best beach town in U.S.; Buxton, Kitty Hawk, Salvo, Avon, Ocracoke, Nags Head in top 75
Join the Museum of the Albemarle on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 4 p.m. for a Gingerbread Workshop an annual tradition of decorating a gingerbread house. The houses will be freshly baked by Cakery by Diane. Design your house with a wide variety of candies, cookies, cereals, and more. We do the clean-up, and you…Read More from Decorate a gingerbread house during annual workshop at Museum of the Albemarle on Dec. 1
The Currituck County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension is pleased to announce that Olivia Patchel, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent was recognized during the 2023 National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) annual meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. Olivia received the NEAFCS Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award recognizes members for leadership,…Read More from Currituck Extension Center’s Olivia Patchel honored with Distinguished Service Award
The Town of Kitty Hawk has announced a partnership with Forerunner, a floodplain management platform that delivers actionable, property-level flood risk information to create efficient methods of floodplain management, compliance, and outreach. The partnership will help to improve the town’s flood risk management efforts by maximizing resources, creating automated systems and processes that will drive efficiency,…Read More from Town of Kitty Hawk launches new flood risk information portal