State officials are postponing a grants workshop scheduled for Sept. 27 in Plymouth due to the travel restrictions imposed on state employees following a fuel leak in Alabama.
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The Marine Fisheries Commission Standard Commercial Fishing License Criteria Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 30 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, 3505 Arendell St., Morehead City.
The State Water Infrastructure Authority, or SWIA, will meet in Asheville at 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 21 at the Hotel Indigo, located at 151 Haywood Street, Asheville, N.C. 28801. The meeting is open to the public, with an opportunity for informal public comments.
North Carolina has been honored for a state program supported by Governor McCrory that helps local governments, state agencies, schools and universities save money on utility projects.
The state environmental department has sent an environmental justice analysis for a proposed coal ash landfill at Duke Energy’s Dan River facility to the federal EPA’s Office of Civil Rights and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
State officials will participate in a federal public meeting on Sept. 21 in Nags Head to accept comments from the public and answer questions about a proposed wind energy lease sale along the coast.
Officer Gene Maready received the the 2016 Marine Fisheries Enforcement Officer of the Year award from the Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards Program Saturday.
State officials are reminding the public to avoid contact with green water in the Chowan River, as algal blooms linger from Edenton Bay to the upstream town of Colerain.
State environmental officials have issued a permit that is needed to safely close coal ash ponds in Catawba county. The permit allows Duke Energy to begin draining water from its coal ash ponds at the Marshall Steam Station in Hickory, a necessary first step toward safely closing the ponds.
State environmental officials have issued a permit that is needed to safely close coal ash ponds in Catawba county. The permit allows Duke Energy to begin draining water from its coal ash ponds at the Marshall Steam Station in Hickory, a necessary first step toward safely closing the ponds.