Mark Hibbs

Morehead City

Editor at Coastal Review Online

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Morning stretch | Coastal Review

1 week ago | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Featured ImageDaddy longlegs, scientifically speaking, a member of the Leiobunum genus, stretches its legs recently on the leaf of a sweetbay magnolia, or Magnolia virginiana, a native species on the North Carolina coast. Often called harvestmen — there are at least 6,600 suborders of the species — and mistakenly identified as spiders, the insect is an arachnid that has been found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Boardwalk beneath the bridge

1 month ago | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Mark Hibbs became Coastal Review's editor in September 2016. He manages the CoastalReview.org website and coordinates news coverage. A native of coastal North Carolina, Mark joined the staff in 2015 after more than 20 years with the Carteret County News-Times. He has won numerous awards for his reporting from the North Carolina Press Association and others.
State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet Feb. 19

Feb 10, 2025 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Water drips from a faucet. File photoThe independent authority responsible for awarding federal and state funding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects is set to meet next week in-person and online. The nine-member state Water Infrastructure Authority is set to meet via teleconference and in-person at 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Room 245 of the Albemarle Building, 325 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. The public may listen to the meeting online or by phone.
World Wetlands Day: Commemorate our coastal way of life

Jan 31, 2025 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Sunday is World Wetlands Day. The United Nations in 2021 adopted a resolution to commemorate annually on Feb. 2 the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty signed in 1971. The observance actually dates back to 1997. Wetlands across the state serve important roles, and especially here on the North Carolina coast, they surround us. They help provide the quality of life and desirability that lure so many. They buffer us from tropical cyclones and flooding.
Tiny trains, bigger models, too, roll into Beaufort

Dec 20, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Featured ImageA tiny Z-scale model train operated by Mike Basher of Basher and Sons Hobbies rounds the bend during an appearance earlier this month at the 30th annual John Costlow Train Show at the North Carolina Maritime Museum Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center in Beaufort. The three-day show included model train layouts of various scales, including working antiques. This model transported a yellow rubber ducky on a flatcar.
Flying colors over Radio Island

Dec 16, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Featured ImageA rainbow reaches skyward from the Newport River as viewed from the marsh at Radio Island following Sunday showers. The island was formed by the placement of dredge spoils from an early channel-deepening project at the Morehead City port in the 1930s and takes its name from Carteret Broadcasting Co.’s WMBL, which began broadcasting in 1947 at 740 kHz. Photo: Mark Hibbs Former Pine Knoll Shores resident Walt Zaenker authored a 2015 blog post about how Radio Island got its name.
Spooky storefront apparition

Oct 24, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Featured ImageWebs around a vent in the tiled storefront wall of the old, now vacant, M. Mann’s & Sons building in Newport create a ghostly appearance peering out slightly menacingly at passersby from the longtime home of the former C.M. Hill Hardware, where the North Carolina Railroad Co. line, Chatham, East Chatham and Market streets all intersect with East and West Railroad boulevards. Photo: Mark Hibbs
'Dirty snowball' swings by Beaufort, Earth

Oct 14, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Featured ImageThe faint tail of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS pointing away from the setting sun is visible Sunday evening over Taylors Creek in Beaufort. NASA says the “dirty snowball’s” appearance is “a once-in-80,000-years sight.” The comet believed to be from the Oort Cloud at the edge of our Solar System was expected to swing close by at about 44 million miles from Earth — its closest pass — on Saturday.
Beaufort to extend dock operator's lease, reset selection

Aug 15, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

BEAUFORT – A united town board on Thursday agreed to extend its lease with the longtime operator of the Beaufort docks for another year and prepare to release all records pertaining to its previous search for a new concessioner. The records are to be released electronically to the public once scanned and uploaded. The board also unanimously agreed to formally terminate all pending requests for proposals and reject all proposals received for future dock operations.
Beaufort commissioners put dock management deal on hold

Aug 13, 2024 | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

BEAUFORT – A split town board on Monday heeded the public’s increasingly vocal demands to slow down the process of selecting a new concessioner to operate the town docks.