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Coastal Review Online, known as CRO, is a daily news and feature platform focused on the North Carolina coastline. It is managed by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status that is committed to safeguarding and maintaining the coastal areas of North Carolina.

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Work to build statewide flood mitigation program continues

4 days ago | coastalreview.org | Jennifer Allen

Tropical storms have cost North Carolina tens of billions of dollars over the last 40 years.
Aquarium's comic-style gallery draws eyes to conservation

2 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Jennifer Allen

The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores made a splash Friday when it unveiled its newly revamped, comic-style gallery that uses vibrant panels, colorful sculptures and hands-on experiences to illustrate the facility’s coral conservation and aquaculture efforts.
Forecasters predict above average 2025 hurricane season

2 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Jennifer Allen

With national forecasters predicting the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to be above average, officials are reminding the public to prepare now before a storm hits. Meteorologists are predicting a 60% chance of an above normal season, 30% chance of a near normal season, and only a 10% chance to be below normal, National Weather Service Director Ken Graham said during a news conference held Thursday morning at Jefferson Parish Emergency Operations Center in Gretna, Louisiana.
North Carolinians condemn EPA’s PFAS regulation delay

2 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Will Atwater

Reprinted from our longtime collaborator, North Carolina Health News, to complement our ongoing series on federal budget and staff cuts and the dismantling of programs and services affecting life and lives here on the North Carolina coast.
Cracks in lighthouse walls will stall, increase restoration costs

2 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Catherine Kozak

BUXTON — As anyone who owns an old house knows, repair projects often reveal unfortunate surprises. Such is the case with the first complete restoration of the 155-year-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, but the remedy will be considerably more complex. Halfway into the $19.2 million project, potentially dangerous cracks in critical structural components of the tower’s ironwork have been discovered deep in the tower’s upper wall, creating inevitable project delays and unbudgeted cost increases.
Zeldin says PFAS limits may get tougher, downplays layoffs

3 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Mark Hibbs

Part of a series about the effects federal budget and staff cuts and the cancellations of programs and services are having in coastal North Carolina. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaking Wednesday during a Senate budget hearing in Washington, D.C., dismissed reports that the agency was weakening standards on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called “forever chemicals.”During questioning by the chair and ranking member, respectively, Sens.
Sexy flex | Coastal Review

3 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Dylan Ray

Dylan Baker Ray was raised in Greenville. His love for photojournalism began in high school where Ray worked as a photographer and cartoonist for to the school paper. After receiving a degree in photojournalism at Randolf Technical Institute, he moved to the Crystal Coast to become the chief photographer and eventually photo editor during his 15 years at the Carteret County News-Times.
Coastal Commission rejects effort to drop rules lawsuit

1 month ago | coastalreview.org | Catherine Kozak

MANTEO — Amidst the tedium of a generally uneventful two-day meeting of the state Coastal Resources Commission last week, embers of prior tensions flared anew when Commissioner Jordan Hennessy contended that the panel had not properly authorized its lawsuit seeking to restore a protective environmental rule for Jockey’s Ridge. The commission voted 9-3 against a motion Hennessy had advanced to withdraw from ongoing legal battle against the Rules Review Commission.
Dare County board tables action on Buxton zone of influence

1 month ago | coastalreview.org | Kip Tabb

Reprinted from The Outer Banks VoiceAfter two hours of testimony from county officials and public hearing comments, a visibly frustrated Dare County Commissioners Chair Bob Woodard presented a motion to table any decision on an environmental zone of influence that borders Buxton Woods for 90 days, “so that we can study this and try to iron out exactly what we’ve been discussing.” The motion passed unanimously.
Secotan alliance event 'to bring Wingina out of the shadows'

1 month ago | coastalreview.org | Jennifer Allen

An Outer Banks nonprofit that was created to preserve traditional Indigenous principles embodied by a late-16th century Algonquian leader is concentrating on the roles of women during the organization’s annual two-day educational event scheduled for later this month in Dare County.