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Monthly Archives: February, 2010

Fisheries regulators reject gill-net ban but adopt other restrictions at emotional DMF meeting

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State fisheries regulators rejected a proposed ban on large mesh gill nets used for flounder fishing but adopted other restrictions to reduce the incidental...

Lady Hurricanes beat Manteo at home in second round of state playoffs…WITH SLIDE SHOW

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Lady Hurricanes beat Manteo at home in second round of state playoffs …WITH SLIDE SHOW By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN In sports, there are the...

Chamber and partners invite responses to Viewpoint 2010 Legislative Opinion Poll

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The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, The East Carolina Bank,...

Cold-stunned sea turtles rescued on Ocracoke and lost on Portsmouth

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By SUNDAE HORN By SUNDAE HORN On Saturday, Feb. 6, during a nasty coastal storm, National Park Service personnel found 19 live stranded sea turtles on...

Island People – A Mexican immigrant’s long journey to a new life on Ocracoke

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In the winter of 1985, 15-year-old Margarita Gonzalez left her impoverished home in central Mexico and, with her sister and a...
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NCDOT to hold public meetings on Ocracoke South Dock Study

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Susann Stokes Wright

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Rip Current Awareness Week: How to spot a rip

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Cora Lee O’Neal

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Blackfin tuna catches close to shore are creating a buzz

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Rudy Leroy Austin

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