It was a clear morning in Ocracoke. Breezes were light, and it was already near 80 degrees as workers bustled in and out of a white Ryder truck filled with fireworks near the south ferry docks in the village. Firefighters preparing for the July Fourth show planned for that evening were in good humor as […]
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On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Commerce inspector general released what Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., called an “appalling” audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Fisheries Law Enforcement’s (OLE) Asset Forfeiture Fund (AFF). The audit is a follow-up to both the inspector general’s scathing January report that found “systemic […]
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That sounds like a rather ludicrous statement, doesn?t it? Well, Southern Environmental Law Center and friends, as the proverb says, turn about is fair play. This statement is no more ludicrous than SELC?s media releases. SELC has sent out media releases since 2008, noting that bird and sea turtle nesting on the Cape Hatteras National […]
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