The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east of the coast of Cape Hatteras on Monday, June 4. At approximately 3 a.m., a crewmember aboard the Devil Slander contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina and reported that they were disabled, adrift, taking […]

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By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS Questions and rumors have been swirling about the future of the Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, known to all as the Frisco Pier, ever since owner Tod Gaskill closed it down three years ago – a decision he said was one of the most difficult ones he has […]

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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Megan Konkler, 33, of Lancaster, Ohio, has been coming to the Outer Banks with her family since she was just a year old. And, despite her encounter with a shark that bit her last week, injuring her right foot, she plans on coming back. “Not even a shark bite […]

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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Megan Konkler, 33, of Lancaster, Ohio, has been coming to the Outer Banks with her family since she was just a year old. And, despite her encounter with a shark that bit her last week, injuring her right foot, she plans on coming back. “Not even a shark bite […]

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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A swimmer was bitten by a shark mid-day on Thursday while swimming in shallow water off the Avon Beach, according to Paul Stevens, chief law enforcement ranger for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Stevens said he received a report on the shark bite this morning from Vidant Family Care […]

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