Swimming Advisory issued for Jockey’s Ridge site

Third Dare County location to be cited this month

On Aug. 15, NCDEQ announced a Swimming Advisory for an area at Jockey’s Ridge sound-side access, marking the third time this month that such as Advisory has been posted for a Dare County site.

On Aug. 5, an Advisory was announced for the sound-side swimming area in Colington Harbour at the end of Colington Drive in Kill Devil Hills. And on Aug. 12, an Advisory was issued for an area at the public beach access at E. Oregon Street in Kill Devil Hills.

Here is the Aug. 15 announcement.

An advisory against swimming was posted today at a sound-side site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state’s and Environmental

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