By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The drama that has played out on fishing boards and social networking sites across the country for the past three days ended this evening when the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament Board of Directors disqualified the Hatteras-based boat that brought a record 883-pound fish to the dock on June […]
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Big Rock still has no winner — with almost $1 million in first-prize money at stake
There is still no official winner in last week’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Almost $1 million in prize money is riding on whether a mate on the Hatteras-based Citation, the boat that caught a record-breaking blue marlin that should have taken the top prize, had a North Carolina recreational fishing license, which is required […]
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Democrats vote Tuesday, June 22, in primary election runoff
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Two Democrats who want to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr will face each other in a primary runoff on Tuesday, June 22. The two candidates in the runoff are Elaine Marshall, the four-term North Carolina secretary of state, and Cal Cunningham, a Lexington, N.C., attorney and former state […]
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Air Force jet combat practice provides a show for Hatteras islanders
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN GeeGee Rosell, owner of Buxton Village Books, heard the roaring jets, which are not unusual here on the Outer Banks. But last night, she also heard loud booms and after dark saw what she described as “red and gold” flashes of light out over the ocean. “I felt as […]
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The Outer Banks Preservation Association, a group that advocates reasonable access for everyone on the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, will have its third annual Stand in the Sand fundraiser on Friday, June 25, from noon until 8 p.m. at the Fessenden Center in Buxton. Stand in the Sand is one of the […]
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North Carolina Coastal Federal Federation has a travel guide with a conscience
Leave the crowds on the beaches this summer to visit some of the wildest wildlife refuges in the country or to watch artists in a town along the Scuppernong River work their traditional crafts. The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s annual State of the Coast Report makes it easy for tourists who are visiting the state’s […]
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Impact of Gulf oil spill on marine life is still uncertain By SUSAN WEST
By SUSAN WEST By SUSAN WEST Chances are remote that oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico would wash ashore in North Carolina, according to the state Department of Crime and Public Safety. If anything, beach-goers might see some tar balls on the beach, not a smothering blanket of oil choking […]
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Four seniors receive their diplomas at Ocracoke graduation ….WITH SLIDE SHOW AND VIDEO
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Ocracoke School can probably lay claim to having the smallest graduating class in North Carolina this year. In a commencement ceremony on Sunday evening, June 13, four seniors at the school, which includes kindergarten through 12th grade, received their diplomas. The graduates are Aaron Parker Caswell, Jordan Elizabeth Jones, […]
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Hatteras Island Food Pantry has first summer shortage
By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN The Hatteras Island Food Pantry, a non-profit, completely volunteer-staffed organization that serves numerous Islanders and their families, is having its first annual summer food drive. The food pantry, which was started when the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge was knocked out in 1990, is very active in the winter, when […]
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Gov. Beverly Perdue delivers a message to the Cape Hatteras Class of 2010….WITH SLIDE SHOW
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Gov. Beverly Perdue, the keynote speaker at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies 2010 Commencement, urged the 51 graduates to “become the next generation of great citizens of North Carolina.” “This state and this country need you,” she told the Class of 2010 at the ceremony in […]
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