Press Releases

A North Carolina business that by 1890 was the largest herbarium in the world soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.

The Museum of the Albemarle regrets to announce the postponement of Celebration of Regional Tribes, Guardians of the Land:  Discovering Indigenous Americans on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Due to unforeseen circumstances the educational program will need to be postponed until a later date.We appreciate your continued support and attendance of the Museum of the Albemarle’s educational programming.  Despite the postponement of the educational program, we look forward to seeing you at our future programs.

The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission is sponsoring a free African American Music Trails Festival Saturday, Oct. 21, 12-5 p.m., in Rocky Mount Mills, 1151 Falls Rd. in Rocky Mount.

A public memorial service to honor the life of former Somerset Place Site Manager Dorothy Spruill Redford will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct.

The North Carolina Land and Water Fund Board of Trustees met Sept. 19 and 20 to consider grant applications and make awards for projects that will protect North Carolina’s land and water from the mountains to the coast. With the newly enacted state budget, over $45 million will be available immediately to fund these projects.“Our natural areas, rivers and streams are critical to the health and well-being of North Carolinians and our economy,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “These grants will help protect our state’s land and wetlands for generations to come.”

M. Scott Avis, the superintendent at Lake Norman State Park, has been named the new south district superintendent of North Carolina State Parks, according to the Division of Parks and Recreation. Avis succeeds Jay Greenwood, who retired in March after 27 years with the division.

A new study published in the journal Conservation Biology reveals that Critically Endangered African vultures are in steep decline in southern Tanzania due to poisoning and could soon go extinct. The study is the result of more than a decade of field research from a team of scientists from the North Carolina Zoo (NCZ) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Under sunny skies on Sept. 16, a short and heartfelt ceremony dedicating a popular bronze sea turtle sculpture in memory of Millie Overman was held. Millie is known to many as the matriarch of the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (N.E.S.T.) and of sea turtle conservation on the Outer Banks.

Trash is scary and this Halloween season, the community is invited to work together to slay pollution at the Boo to Trash Beach Cleanup, Sunday, Oct. 22, 8-10 a.m. at Carolina Beach Pier hosted by the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, the Town of Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach Pier. Everyone is invited to wear a favorite costume for a contest and the Aquarium will provide the treats!

 A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a major civil rights employment case with North Carolina ties soon will be commemorated with an N.C. Highway Historical Marker.