PINE KNOLL SHORES — The Carteret County Beach Commission is offering an alternative to the Federal Emergency Management Agency-based beach nourishment program, but Pine Knoll Shores officials seem reluctant to switch.
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EMERALD ISLE — Although the Carteret County Beach Commission was set to meet Monday, Oct. 26 to make a big decision on whether to opt into a federal beach nourishment program for Bogue Banks, the meeting has been postponed until sometime in mid-November because of ongoing novel coronavirus p…
EMERALD ISLE — If you see people messing with sea oats in the dunes along the Emerald Isle strand in early October, don’t be alarmed, they’re doing authorized work for next year’s beach nourishment project.
WILMINGTON (AP) — Many coastal North Carolina vacation rental companies say it's been a busy summer despite the coronavirus pandemic, and they're not expecting a slowdown any time soon.
ATLANTIC — The massive Atlantic Harbor improvement moved into its penultimate stage last week.
EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners Tuesday night voted unanimously to seek $5,625 from the Carteret County Tourism Development Authority to help put on the 2020 Emerald Isle Fall Fishing Tournament, set for Saturday, Sept. 19.
EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said Monday he was “stoked” after bids for the next beach nourishment project in Emerald Isle came in within budget and about $14 million below the high end of the cost estimate.
EMERALD ISLE — Town beach-driving permits went on sale Aug. 1, but because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, sales will be a bit different than in the past.
EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said Wednesday beach impacts from Tropical Storm Isaias late Monday and early Tuesday were “exactly what we expected,” little or no damage.
The Carteret County Association of REALTORS® is donating $1,000 to Martha’s Mission Cupboard in Morehead City, $1,000 To Loaves and Fishes in Beaufort, and $1,000 to St. James’s Methodist Church in Newport.
The Carteret County Association of REALTORS® is donating $1,000 to Martha’s Mission Cupboard in Morehead City, $1,000 To Loaves and Fishes in Beaufort, and $1,000 to St. James’s Methodist Church in Newport.
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emerald isle — The $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project is now expected to be complete Wednesday, except for planting vegetation on newly created dunes.
Editor's note: This headline was updated at 11:34 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 2020.
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ATLANTIC — The Atlantic Harbor dredging project is going “great” one week after it started, according to Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office in Emerald Isle.
This article and headline were updated at 12:16 p.m. Friday, April 17, with a full report. An earlier version was updated to to correct a typo in the photo cutline.
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This article, image and headline were updated at 4:56 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2020, with a full report.
ATLANTIC — The contractor has begun dredging on the long-awaited project to make Atlantic Harbor and its entrance channel safer and more usable for commercial fishermen and other boaters.
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PINE KNOLL SHORES — The Liberty Island, the smaller of two dredges working on the $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project, left Tuesday morning, leaving the larger Ellis Island to complete the project alone.
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BOGUE BANKS — On Jan. 17, four days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it had approved $281 million for beach nourishment work on Bogue Banks and in North Topsail and Surf City in Onslow and Pender counties, Raleigh’s The News & Observer ran an opinion piece.
