/tags/hyde-county Hyde County en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:51:56 GMT /environment/2024-06-27/lake-mattamuskeet-federal-government-delays-chemical-treatment-birds The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a pilot program that would have applied a chemical treatment to improve water quality at Lake Mattamuskeet as a lawsuit against it continues. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:51:56 GMT /environment/2024-06-27/lake-mattamuskeet-federal-government-delays-chemical-treatment-birds Will Michaels /environment/2024-04-02/lake-mattamuskeet-chemical-treatment-worries-effects-birds-fish-wildlife-lake-guard-oxy-bluegreen-water-technologies The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use a chemical to improve water quality in Lake Mattamuskeet. Conservationists worry it will harm birds at North Carolina's largest freshwater lake. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:18:29 GMT /environment/2024-04-02/lake-mattamuskeet-chemical-treatment-worries-effects-birds-fish-wildlife-lake-guard-oxy-bluegreen-water-technologies Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-03-05/lake-mattamuskeet-north-carolina-freshwater-chemicals-quality-birds Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural freshwater lake in North Carolina. The lake has experienced declining water quality for decades, leading to harmful algal blooms. A proposal would address these algal blooms using a chemical treatment. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:38:09 GMT /environment/2024-03-05/lake-mattamuskeet-north-carolina-freshwater-chemicals-quality-birds Celeste Gracia /environment/2022-11-18/north-carolina-lake-mattamuskeet-siege-invasive-common-carp Lake Mattamuskeet is infested with an invasive species that has destroyed underwater grasses and decreased water quality. Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:39:56 GMT /environment/2022-11-18/north-carolina-lake-mattamuskeet-siege-invasive-common-carp Zachary Turner /environment/2022-07-06/hyde-county-wildfire-releasing-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-dioxide The wildfire started June 19 by a lightning strike. It's burning soil underground that's thousands of years old and full of carbon. One expert calls the situation a tragedy. Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:22:25 GMT /environment/2022-07-06/hyde-county-wildfire-releasing-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-dioxide Celeste Gracia /health/2021-02-23/educators-are-next-to-get-vaccine-as-nc-health-providers-prepare-for-group-3 Local health providers are getting ready to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Group 3 on the state's priority list.Teachers, school staff and child care… Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:19:18 GMT /health/2021-02-23/educators-are-next-to-get-vaccine-as-nc-health-providers-prepare-for-group-3 Will Michaels /business-economy/2019-11-12/ocracoke-island-to-open-for-thanksgiving-tourism-with-residents-still-displaced Nearly 10 weeks after Hurricane Dorian struck North Carolina’s coast, Ocracoke Island is still under an evacuation order blocking visitors and tourism. On… Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:20:40 GMT /business-economy/2019-11-12/ocracoke-island-to-open-for-thanksgiving-tourism-with-residents-still-displaced Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-12/ocracoke-island-to-open-for-thanksgiving-tourism-with-residents-still-displaced Nearly 10 weeks after Hurricane Dorian struck North Carolina’s coast, Ocracoke Island is still under an evacuation order blocking visitors and tourism. On… Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:20:40 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-12/ocracoke-island-to-open-for-thanksgiving-tourism-with-residents-still-displaced Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-05-28/how-one-rural-nc-county-made-civil-rights-history Coastal Hyde County is the site of one of the longest and most successful civil rights protests in American history. In 1968 the African American… Tue, 28 May 2019 16:04:45 GMT /race-demographics/2019-05-28/how-one-rural-nc-county-made-civil-rights-history Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-28/how-one-rural-nc-county-made-civil-rights-history Coastal Hyde County is the site of one of the longest and most successful civil rights protests in American history. In 1968 the African American… Tue, 28 May 2019 16:04:45 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-28/how-one-rural-nc-county-made-civil-rights-history Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio