Videos

  • The Story of John Henry Bias

    In honor of Black History Month, Current TV and the town of Duck partnered on a video to recognize Eastern North Carolina icon John Henry Bias, co-founder of Elizabeth City State University.

  • Regan Addresses Senate at Hearing

    President Joe Biden’s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan, currently the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary, gives his opening statement Wednesday to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. 

  • Dare County Health Workers Vaccinated

    Occupational health nurse Julie Tillett, RN, administers the first COVID-19 vaccine in Dare County to Dr. Daniel Dwyer, chief of staff at the Outer Banks Hospital. The frontline healthcare workers were among others who began receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines Friday. Video: Outer Banks Hospital

  • CRO Talks Climate Change on the Coast

    This video, featuring Coastal Review Online editor Mark Hibbs, is the first of a two-part series on the impact of climate change in the Southeast. The series features newsrooms and reporting projects from the Southeast that contributed to the Pulitzer Center’s Connected Coastlines initiative. Coastal Review Online published earlier this year a multipart Changing Minds On Climate Science that was part of the reporting initiative.

  • Nags Head’s Fishing Piers

    “Long the Cultural and Social Centers of the Town,” learn in this video by Nags Head more about the history of the town’s three fishing piers, how to be an ethical angler, and what’s biting when.

  • Song to Benefit Currituck Horse Fund

    The nonprofit Corolla Wild Horse Fund has kicked off a fundraiser, offering for download a song, “Castaño,” about the wild horses that roam the northern banks of Currituck County. The song co-written by Richmond, Virginia-based artist Janet Martin and Kelly Wilkes, a Corolla Wild Horse Fund volunteer, is previewed here in a 60-second clip. The full track and lyrics are available at the Corolla Wild Horse Fund’s website for $5. Supporters may donate more.

  • How to Identify Poisonous Plants

    North Carolina Cooperative Extension horticulture expert Matt Jones explains how to identify poisonous plants found across the state. This video is part of Homegrown, a video series by the North Carolina State Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences that features  tips and tools from the subject-matter expert.

  • Outer Banks to Be Waves to Water Test Site

    Daniel R Simmons, assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, announced in this video Friday that the last of the five-stage Waves to Water prize, a challenge to produce clean water using the power of waves, will be on the open water at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, in partnership with Coastal Studies Institute, or CSI. 

  • Sand All Placed in Bogue Banks Project

    Drone footage taken April 27 in Emerald isle shows renourishment work that’s part of the second phase of a $28 million project to repair Hurricane Florence’s damage to the beach in 2018. Greg Rudolph of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office told Coastal Review Online Monday that there are several phases of the project and, having completed the sand pumping that started Feb. 8 and ended Wednesday, they will begin planting sea oats this week on the dunes. Video: Carteret County Shore Protection. Story by Jennifer Allen

  • OBX Hospital Chief of Staff Reaches Out

    In this  video produced by the Outer Banks Hospital, Chief of Staff Dr. Dan Dwyer emphasizes the importance of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, commends Dare County officials for the recently enacted  “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” declaration and encourages social media civility.

  • NOAA Eyes Nutrient Credits for Oysters

    Because oysters are filter feeders, they are effective at removing nutrients and improving water quality, and researchers see opportunities to expand their economic value. Suzanne Bricker and her colleagues with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are measuring the amount of nutrients removed by oysters along the East Coast to help states develop nutrient management plans that include oyster farms.

  • Why People Underprepare for Disasters

    Professor Howard Kunreuther discusses the processes and biases in decision-making under uncertainty in the video “Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters” released Tuesday by FEMA and its emergency management partners.