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The cause of death for the humpback whale that washed ashore on October 16 on Hatteras Island at the Outer Banks and died within hours was due to a virus, possible the same virus that caused the deaths of hundreds of bottlenose dolphins up and down the east coast recently. More testing is being done to … Read more
The body of a missing boater from Edenton seen falling overboard from a boat in the Albemarle Sound has been found and recovered. Jimmy D. McKinney, 42 years old from Edenton, was seen by a driver on the bridge on Highway 32 falling off his boat on Sunday about noon time. A search was started … Read more
Last January the 16-foot Great White Shark Mary Lee visited the coast of North Carolina and now she has returned for another visit. Mary Lee was tagged by OCEARCH and has been tracked up and down the east coast since her January visit. A recent ping from her tag now shows Mary Lee is back off … Read more
Plans are for the Frisco Pier on Hatteras Island to be torn down in the next few months. The National Park Service reports the heavily damaged pier from past hurricanes has become too destabilized now. The park service plans to make the old pier parking lot an extra public access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
The state of Ohio claims they are the “Birthplace of Aviation” and North Carolina claims our state is “First in Flight”. Now Connecticut wants is on the action. Connecticut claims Gustave Whitehead was the first to make a powered airplay fly. Whitehead was born in Germany but is a resident of Connecticut. A news conference takes place … Read more
Keeping Oregon Inlet open to boat traffic has been an ongoing problem for years. Frequent storms and the normal shifting of the sands at the Outer Banks causes the Oregon Inlet to fill with sand which makes navigating a boat though the inlet treacherous if not impossible. Repeated dredging is needed to keep the inlet open … Read more
The Wright Memorial Bridge had to be shut down for about 2 hours on Monday after a head on collision happened that morning. Traffic has been reduced to just the eastbound span being open with two way traffic lanes on just the east bound span while the west bound side undergoes roadwork till spring of … Read more
Humpback whale dies. A humpback whale that measured 30 foot in length washed ashore alive last Wednesday. Something was obviously wrong with the stranded whale. By Thursday morning the whale had died. The Outer Banks Stranding Response Team responded and did a necropsy (an animal autopsy) to determine the cause of death.
