By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN During the last week in May, the Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative mailed nearly 14,000 refund checks for sales tax paid by members on their electric accounts from the years 2000 – 2009, plus 8 percent interest. Refunds were first applied to any balances due and any remaining amounts were […]
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Offshore mahi-mahi or dolphin fishing was a hot ticket for the past several days, along with some fairly decent cobia fishing. Outer Banks offshore fishing fleets have done very well with dolphin of all sizes. Dolphin are a highly sought area fish and can easily bring in gangs of anglers trying to fill their freezers […]
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By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN Any Hatteras local can tell you the importance of Hatteras Harbor. It’s the lifeblood of a community, both culturally and economically, and not having it would stifle one of the most popular and productive charter and commercial fishing fleets in the state. With that in mind, students from Cape […]
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Firefighters continue to battle the Pains Bay Fire on the Dare County mainland. It is burning mostly on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, but has threatened the village of Stumpy Point. The fire started on May 5 with a lightning strike and spread quickly in the first few days of gusty wind and low […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore has moved down on Dr. Beach’s Top Ten list of America’s best beaches for 2011. This year Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach ranks No. 5 on the list – down one from last year’s No. 4 spot. However, the beach, which has […]
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The National Park Service?s schedule for completing off-road vehicle rulemaking in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore continues to get pushed down the road. Under the terms of a 2008 consent decree that ended a lawsuit against the park by environmental groups, the final ORV rule was to be in place by April 1. That did not […]
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Park Services lifeguarded beaches open May 28 through Labor Day Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s lifeguarded beaches will open on Saturday, May 28, for the 2011 season. Lifeguard services will be available at Coquina Beach (Nags Head), Buxton Beach (Buxton), and Ocracoke Beach Day Use Area from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. six days a week […]
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The man in the brown suit, the brown bomber, or the fish more commonly known as cobia, has arrived. From Ocracoke to Oregon Inlet, the reports of cobia are coming in. A 98-pounder was hauled onto the planks at Avon Pier last Saturday, and all the piers on the north beaches have taken baby 2- […]
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BUXTON — Pauline RollinsonRollinson, 89,died on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at the Avon Medical Center. Mrs.Rolllinson was born in Buxton, the daughter of the late Warren RockyRollinson and the late Cynthia Tolson Rollinson. Mrs.Rollinsonwas a homemaker, a quilter, and a devoted caregiver for her mentallychallenged siblings, Lala and Louis. She was a member of theLittle Grove […]
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UPDATE: State Senate pushing for ferry toll at Hatteras Inlet By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke islanders have geared up for a continued fight with the state legislature. The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday released its version of the budget, which has the tolls on all ferry routes re-inserted. Earlier in […]
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