Sam Walker
Lead Reporter at WOBX News
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3 days ago |
islandfreepress.org | Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.comA low pressure system off the southeast coast and stretching over Florida is forecast to move onshore and bring Eastern North Carolina periods of moderate to heavy rain for the second half of the work week, but it is not expected to become tropical. The National Hurricane Center earlier this week said the system had a 10% chance of taking on tropical characteristics as it develops, just as the 2025 hurricane season begins in the Atlantic.
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5 days ago |
islandfreepress.org | Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.comThe base rates on new and renewing homeowners insurance policies across northeastern North Carolina will cost more starting this month, after a settlement reached in January between insurance companies and state regulators. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents companies writing policies in the state, originally asked for an increase topping 45% along the Outer Banks and an almost 34% increase on the mainland.
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5 days ago |
islandfreepress.org | Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.comA public comment period runs through June 15 on a plan announced last month by the Trump Administration to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published in the Federal Register on April 30 a request for comments on the preparation of the 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
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6 days ago |
islandfreepress.org | Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.comToday marks the official beginning of hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin, lasting through the end of November. While tropical cyclones can form at any time of the year, activity typically begins to increase during late spring and lasts through much of the fall. The peak of the season runs from around mid-August to roughly mid-October.
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1 week ago |
islandfreepress.org | Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.comA renowned coastal scientist has left North Carolina off his list of the top ten beaches in the United States for a second straight year. Florida International University Professor Stephen Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, announced his Top 10 beaches in the United States just ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
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