By MALCOLM PEELE There is something terribly wrong in our country today, and there is no place where it is more evident than Cape Hatteras. The inhabitants of this tiny island that consists of seven villages are under siege by repressive government no less than the framers of the Constitution were — those who, out […]
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UPDATE: Obama administration weighs in against bills passed in the House, including H.R. 4094 By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Obama administration announced, apparently yesterday, that it opposes the bill that passed today that includes Rep. Walter Jones’ bill, H.R. 4094, to reverse the National Park Service’s ORV final plan for […]
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UPDATE: Jones’ bill to set aside ORV plan passes in U.S. House By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN H.R. 4094, which sets aside the Park Service’s off-road vehicle plan and final rule at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore passed in the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon by a vote of 232-188. […]
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Forty-one students received their diplomas at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies graduation on Friday night, June 15. The graduation was almost a week later than other Dare County High Schools because students on Hatteras went back to school later than others in the county because of the problems with re-entry caused by […]
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Quota allocation of bluefin tuna has been a sore issue for Outer Banks watermen for a long time, but there now may be a window of opportunity to improve the chances for North Carolina fishermen to catch the valuable giant fish. “We kind of feel like we haven’t been looked after real well,” Dewey Hemilright, […]
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Russell Blackwood was pointing to a photograph he had taken underwater of a juvenile flounder off Hatteras. Even close up, it barely looked like a fish, its shape completely covered with sand, pebbles and shells. Blackwood admired the creature’s camouflage skill. “See him? There’s his little eyes. He’s looking back at me like ‘Why are […]
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in early May, a reporter for Audubon Magazine contacted the Outer Banks Preservation Association by e-mail. The reporter, Anna Sanders, wanted to interview someone from OBPA about the beach access situation at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. OBPA board members decided to pass on the invitation, both because of a pending lawsuit against the National […]
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UPDATE: Senate bill to overturn ORV plan will have committee hearing on June 27 By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A Senate bill to overturn the National Park’s Service’s plan and final rule for managing off-road vehicles on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will have a hearing before the […]
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UPDATE: By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Piping plovers nesting at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is about what it was this time last year, according to the National Park Service’s weekly Resource Management Summary for June 13. There have been 18 piping plover nests to date, which was […]
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