NCDHHS Urges Best Practices for Keeping You and Your Pets Healthy While Enjoying Recreational WatersAs summer activities heat up and North Carolinians flock to recreational waters to beat the higher temperatures, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents to prioritize safety and adopt best practices for enjoying water activities with their pets.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:11 pm
By: ENC NOW
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As floodwaters rose this week along the Tar River to levels not seen since Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, water rescue teams from the Rocky Mount Fire Department put some new state-provided equipment into action, rescuing people stranded in their homes and vehicles.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 10:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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East Carolina University underwater archaeologists and graduate students from the Department of History's Program in Maritime Studies recently returned from a research expedition to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2019 @ 10:03 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Possible GenX contamination in municipal water supplies is a reason cash-strapped municipalities have discussed merging public works systems with larger cities and counties
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 2:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative Beverly G. Boswell (R-Dare) announced today legislation she plans to file during the upcoming 2018 short legislative session to reestablish the northern N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) water testing laboratory in Dare County
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 11:57 pm
By: Beverly Gwyn Boswell
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Following an announcement late yesterday that the Trump Administration will exempt Florida from its plan to open Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters to offshore drilling, Governor Cooper today urged Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke to grant an exemption for North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 @ 9:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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We are pleased to present to you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is a snapshot of last year's water quality.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After news reports and editorials inaccurately and unfairly characterized the state's efforts to protect drinking water, the North Carolina departments of Health and Human Services and Environmental Quality release the following open editorial
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 @ 6:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State recreational water quality officials today are alerting the public that initial testing at a sound-side site in Beaufort County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality swimming standards.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The philosophy department at the University of Colorado at Boulder is in hot water. CU-Boulder's administration replaced the department chair, suspended graduate admissions for a year, and sent everyone to sensitivity training. What caused such draconian punishment?
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 5:32 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Please see the attached System Pressure Advisory (here below) for a section of North Savannah Road on Monday, October 21st.
Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2013 @ 12:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The water consumers of Beaufort County Southside in District VII will experience outages and periods of low pressure in the distribution system as a result of water line repairs, Tuesday, August 13th from 9:00 in the morning through 7:00 in the evening.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 4:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Based on these results and the continued presence of consistent pressure throughout the system, the SYSTEM PRESSURE ADVISORY is RESCINDED, effective immediately.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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