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Carolina Wren by Bette Parette. Source: Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count
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Join the Global Community for the Great Backyard Bird Count

February 11, 2022 Guest Author or Contributor

For a quarter of a century the annual Great Backyard Bird Count has been a bright spot for nature lovers. The 25th edition of the event is coming up February 18 through 21, 2022. Everyone is invited […]

City Nature Challenge 2021 logo. Source: NC Museum of Natural Sciences
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North Carolina: Join the City Nature Challenge Apr. 30 to May 3

April 27, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Be a Citizen Scientist!  Join the City Nature Challenge, North Carolina by stepping outside, taking photos of the nature around you, sharing it via iNaturalist, and helping document biodiversity! Learn and teach others about the […]

Carolina Wren by Bette Parette. Source: Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count
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NC Bird Atlas: Five-Year Statewide Bird Survey to Begin in March 2021

February 28, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The North Carolina Bird Atlas looks to harness the power of birdwatchers to advance avian research and conservation A group of government agencies, universities and nonprofit organizations will launch the first-ever NC Bird Atlas survey […]

Asian Giant Hornet pest alert. Source: NC Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services
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NC Ag Dept Monitoring for Asian Giant Hornet: “Murder Hornet” Not Detected Yet in North Carolina

May 5, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Asian Giant Hornet is also known as the “Murder Hornet” With the emergence of the Asian Giant Hornet in Washington State, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) is urging North Carolina […]

SAS IIASA Earth Day 2020 Deforestation
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Citizen Scientists: Call for Crowd-driven AI to Help Track Deforestation

April 22, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, SAS and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) join forces to transform crowdsourced knowledge into actionable intelligence to help protect the planet SAS is committed […]

A user playing the new NeMO-Net game that helps NASA classify the world's coral from their own home. Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center/Ved Chirayath
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NASA Calls on Gamers, Citizen Scientists to Help Map The World’s Corals

April 11, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  NASA invites video gamers and citizen scientists to embark on virtual ocean research expeditions to help map coral reefs around the world in an effort to better understand these threatened ecosystems. During the past […]

Carolina Wren by Bette Parette. Source: Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count
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Participate in the Audubon Annual “Christmas Bird Count”

November 22, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Between December 14, 2019 and January 5, 2020, participants will join the world’s longest-running wildlife census, which contributes invaluable data to bird population research. For the 120th year, the National Audubon Society is organizing its annual Christmas […]

Eastern North Carolina is home to many birds, including cardinals. Photo: Frank Whatley
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Wendell Historical Society to Hold “Wendell’s Birds” Program on Feb. 21

February 1, 2019 Kay Whatley

After the Audubon 2019 Great Backyard Bird Count ends, bird enthusiasts can look forward to a bird-oriented event in Wendell, North Carolina. The Wendell Historical Society meeting on Thursday, February 21, 2019, 7pm, will include guest speaker Frank Doherty presenting: […]

Latest News, Events & Features

  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    County Lines: A Literary Journal: Deadline for Submissions is Aug. 15
    August 3, 2022
  • City of Rocky Mount logo
    Rocky Mount, NC Senior Center on Church Street to serve as cooling location
    July 21, 2022
  • The Grey Area News' UFO with North Carolina outline
    UFO Observer Reports Sighting with Photographs to Rockingham County, NC Authorities
    July 21, 2022
  • Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
    Selma, NC: Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum Announces 2022 Juneteenth Program
    June 14, 2022
  • Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina logo
    Wake Forest, NC: Freedom Walk to highlight Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration
    June 14, 2022
  • Musician Freddy Greene. Source: FCAC
    Louisburg, NC: Tickets on Sale for “Diversity in the Arts” Event on Jun. 25
    June 10, 2022
  • Five Points Crossing Groundbreaking June 9, 2022, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Source: City of Rocky Mount
    Rocky Mount, NC: Construction Begins at Five Points Crossing Affordable Housing Community
    June 10, 2022
  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    Call for submissions: County Lines Literary Journal 2023
    May 20, 2022
  • Strawberries Spring 2022. Photo: Kay Whatley
    “JoCo Grows” Agriculture Initiatives Continue Through 2022 Strawberry Season
    May 17, 2022
  • Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
    NC Public Animal Shelter Annual Report 2021 Released: Public Cat and Dog Euthanasia Numbers
    May 17, 2022
  • "Chicken" is one of many films to be presented during the Franklin Flicks/NCISAFF dates in May and June 2022
    North Carolina South & East Asian Hollywood Film Festival to be held on May 21
    May 6, 2022
  • Writing time during the Spring Writers' Retreat 2022 at Rolling View State Park. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
    FCAC Writers’ Retreat Provided Advice, Writing Time in Beautiful Park
    May 5, 2022
  • April Zilg, NC/USA, 2021 and 2022 Carolina Cup Graveyard Race Champion. Source: Robert B Butler
    Coveted Carolina Cup titles won by Booth of Australia and USA’s Zilg
    May 5, 2022
  • Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, prior year photo. Source: Downtown Smithfield Development Corp.
    Smithfield, NC: Ham & Yam Festival Set for May 7
    May 2, 2022
  • Arbor Day Festival 2022, Raleigh, NC. Source: We Plant It Forward
    We Plant it Forward Celebrates US 150th Arbor Day with Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on Apr. 24
    April 20, 2022
  • Photo from FCAC Writers Retreat. Source: Jackie Dove-Miller
    Register Now for Writers Spring Retreat in Durham, NC on Apr. 23
    April 13, 2022
  • Red wolf puppy. Photo: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS
    Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
    April 13, 2022
  • Sandra Bryant Richardson of Open-Minded Developmental Services, Inc.
    Open Minded Developmental Services, Inc. Is Celebrating 21 Years of Excellence in Home Care Services
    April 8, 2022
  • NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
    NC Poultry Shows and Public Sales Suspended until Further Notice Due to High Path Avian Influenza
    April 5, 2022
  • Crowds at the 2021 "301 Endless Yard Sale" shop along a row of vendor booths. Source: Ashby Brame, Johnston County NC
    Selma, NC & Beyond: The 301 Endless Yard Sale Reaches Year 10
    March 14, 2022
  • Kings of Southern Soul Concert poster. Source: MBT Marketing Solutions & Associates
    Rocky Mount, NC: Kings of Southern Soul Concert Set for Apr. 30
    March 7, 2022
  • Carolina Prize contest deadline is March 15, 2022. Source: Kim Beall, FCAC Writers Guild
    Deadline Approaching for Carolina Prize for Writing Contest: Enter by Mar. 15
    March 3, 2022
  • NC Governor Roy Cooper touring PoleVolt in Charlotte. Source: NC Office of the Governor sm
    North Carolina Transition to Clean Transportation Highlighted by EV Charging Station Tour
    February 25, 2022
  • 2022 Snuck 'N' Pluck event notice. Source: Cory Cavallero, Greenville Jaycees 
    Greenville, NC: Shuck ‘N’ Pluck Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen to be Held Mar. 12
    February 24, 2022
  • Author Rose Cushing, "Fortunate Tides" book cover
    Middlesex, NC Author’s First Novel Released
    February 24, 2022
  • Degradation and movement of the wooden beams over time are causing the barn to slide slowly off it’s stone foundation. Source: Melody L. Worthington, Tobacco Farm Life Museum
    Kenly, NC: Tobacco Farm Life Museum’s Historic Tobacco Barn At Risk
    February 24, 2022
  • One of the labels released with the USDA FSIS recall for Morgan Foods, Feb 2022.
    Skyline Chili Products Recall: Can Contents May Be Soup, Not Chili
    February 16, 2022
  • Coastal cities like Miami, shown, already experience high-tide flooding. But a new federal interagency report projects an uptick in the frequency and intensity of such events in the coming decades because of rising seas. Credit: B137 (CC-BY)
    Sea Level to Rise up to a Foot by 2050, US Interagency Report Finds
    February 15, 2022

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Husqvarna's robotic mower, Automower, features Amazon Alexa integration, starting September 1, 2018. Source: PRNewsfoto/Husqvarna
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The Strange-ness: “Just ask Alexa!” to Mow The Lawn

March 15, 2018

Husqvarna robotic mowers will be compatible with the cloud-based voice service Alexa On March 15, 2018, at a press event in Aycliffe, United Kingdom, Husqvarna demonstrated the functions of “Just ask Alexa” and future Amazon Alexa […]

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The Strange-ness: Mount Everest Climbers More Cavalier Than You Might Imagine

December 5, 2014

By Kay Whatley The definition of cavalier is “showing a lack of proper concern”. Climbers in Nepal have been cavalier — reportedly dropping their trash on Mount Everest for years. Nepal is now telling these […]

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UFO Sightings by US State: January 2019

February 15, 2019

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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