> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://the-obx-brief.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # NEST Logs 34th Sea Turtle Nest 07/12/2026 - URL: https://the-obx-brief.ghost.io/nest-logs-34th-sea-turtle-nest-07-12-2026/ - Published: 2026-07-12T14:04:03.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-12T14:04:03.000Z - Description: A Loggerhead nest lands on the Northern Banks, heat advisories linger over Hatteras, and the OBX 15U All-Stars head to states. - Author: Josh - Tags: Daily Brief ## Good Morning — This Day on the Banks A piece of Banks history: in Ocracoke's British Cemetery lie sailors of the HMT Bedfordshire, sunk by a German U-boat in 1942 — a small patch of England on a North Carolina island, tended to this day by island volunteers and the Royal Navy alike. The Polling Station launches live voting today — see below to cast the first vote. ## The Conditions **Temps:** North Banks (Corolla–Duck) high 80° / low 76°, showers and thunderstorms likely. Central (Kitty Hawk–Nags Head) high 81° / low 75°, showers and thunderstorms likely early, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms — wind NE 6 to 14 mph, gusts to 20, 60% chance of rain, up to a quarter inch. Hatteras & Ocracoke high 85° / low 77°, chance of showers and thunderstorms. **Water:** 80° at the Duck buoy. **Tides:** Low 12:06 am · High 5:53 am · Low 11:50 am · High 6:27 pm. **Sun:** Rise 5:54 am / Set 8:22 pm. **Moon:** 🌘 Waning crescent. **Sunrise Rating:** Welp **Sunset Rating:** Welp ## 🌀 Watching Weather The National Hurricane Center gives the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf a 7-day window with no tropical cyclone formation expected, per the 8 p.m. Saturday outlook. ## The Headline **NEST Logs 34th Sea Turtle Nest** The Network for Endangered Sea Turtles identified a new Loggerhead nest on the Northern Outer Banks on Saturday, July 11 — the 34th of the 2026 season. The find keeps pace with a summer nesting season volunteers have tracked closely up and down the northern beaches. ➤ [Read more at Outer Banks Voice](https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2026/07/11/n-e-s-t-reports-34th-sea-turtle-nest-of-2026-season/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) ## Around the Banks ➤ **Buxton** — With FEMA funding approved Friday, officials toured the erosion-prone Buxton beach nourishment site to survey the expanded scope of the 2026 project. [Outer Banks Voice](https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2026/07/10/with-fema-providing-30m-in-funding-officials-tour-buxton-beach-nourishment-site/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) ➤ **Currituck** — The Currituck County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of Douglas Kiper Jr., 37, on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, following a joint investigation with Virginia Beach Police. [Outer Banks Voice](https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2026/07/11/currituck-sheriff-reports-arrest-for-sexual-exploitation-of-minor/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) ➤ **Chicamacomico** — Retired NPS historian Mel Poole tells the story of the Mirlo Rescue of August 16, 1918, at a presentation Monday, July 13 at 11 a.m. inside the 1874 Station. [Outer Banks Voice](https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2026/07/11/the-story-of-the-mirlo-rescue-with-mel-poole-at-chicamacomico-life-saving-station/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) ➤ **Statewide** — North Carolina drivers will stop receiving annual registration stickers and paper registration cards later this year under changes in the new state budget. [Island Free Press](https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/ncdmv-to-phase-out-registration-stickers-paper-registration-cards-under-new-state-budget/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) ## Getting Around NC 12, the bridges, and the ferries are running on normal schedules with no reported closures or delays this morning. ## On the Market Quiet on the real estate front this morning — no new listings, zoning, or rental-market news. ## Music Scene A full Sunday up and down the Banks: **Corolla & Duck** Whalehead Brewery (Corolla) — Family Brew'd, 3:00 pm Whalehead Brewery (Corolla) — Morgan Hudson, 5:00 pm NC Coast Grill & Bar (Duck) — Grace Waters, 6:00 pm Tap Shack (Duck) — Randy Black, 7:00 pm **Kitty Hawk to Nags Head** Outer Banks Brewing Station (Kill Devil Hills) — Live Music in the Backyard, 5:30 pm Fish Heads Bar & Grill (Nags Head) — Brooke & Nick, 7:00 pm Jolly Roger Restaurant (Kill Devil Hills) — Donivan Carter, 10:30 pm Avalon Pier (Kill Devil Hills) — Sunset Sessions, 7:00 pm **Roanoke Island & Hatteras** Live From OBX (Manteo) — Josh Turner "This Country's Song" Tribute, 6:00 pm ## The Polling Station **Best local sign a rainy July morning is turning into a good beach day?** A) The thunder clears out by 11 am -> [Vote A](https://poll.obxbrief.com/vote?d=2026-07-12&c=A&ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) B) The tide's dropping and the sun's poking through by lunch -> [Vote B](https://poll.obxbrief.com/vote?d=2026-07-12&c=B&ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) Tap a choice to vote — results in tomorrow's Brief. ## Trivia Banks What community did thousands of formerly enslaved people build on Roanoke Island during the Civil War? ## One Good Thing The OBX Baseball League 15U All-Stars won the Tar Heel League District 7 tournament in Elizabeth City for the second year running, punching their ticket to the state tournament July 23–26 in Williamston. [Island Free Press](https://islandfreepress.org/hatteras-community-news/obx-baseball-league-15u-all-stars-advance-to-state-tournament/?ref=the-obx-brief.ghost.io) --- Share the Brief — Trivia answer: The Freedmen's Colony.