Staff in the N.C. Division of Water Resources have honored 49 water treatment plants for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards.
The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. March 9 in Beaufort to seek input on a proposal for a public hunting permit system for the Rachel Carson Reserve.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet April 26-27 in Manteo to discuss issues such as the living shoreline general permit, a land use plan for Perquimans County, and repairing and protecting dunes.
Local Advisory Committees for four coastal reserves will meet in April. The meetings are open to the public.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is extending the deadline until April 21 to apply for grant funding for projects during fiscal year 2017-18.
The. N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council will hold its annual meeting April 6 in Raleigh to discuss the state’s dry conditions and what North Carolinians could expect in the coming months.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel will meet March 29 in New Bern to review inlet shoreline change rates and to discuss methodologies used to update inlet hazard areas.
Federal, state and local officials will meet in Mebane this week for a workshop aimed at finding ways to help improve the quality of life in economically disadvantaged communities.
Several State Government Complex buildings were impacted by the five-alarm fire in downtown Raleigh on the night of March 16. Affected buildings are expected to resume normal operations on Monday, March 20.
The Raleigh headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Quality will reopen to employees and the public at 8 a.m. Monday and resume its normal operating schedule.