Bernice James Ballance

BUXTON — Bernice James Ballance, 65, died onSaturday, April 7, 2012 at the Avon Medical Center.  Mr. Ballance,born in Elizabeth City, N.C., was a charter boat captain and a lifelongfisherman. He was a veteran who served in the U.S. Army, including twotours in Vietnam.  He was the son of the late Loran H. and LucyGray […]

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Protecting the Sturgeon: Joy and consternation By BRAD RICH Coastal Review Online Last of two parts

To preserve what remains of the giant Atlantic sturgeon, the federal government will place the fish on the endangered species list starting Friday, Arpil 6. That leaves state officials waiting for the other shoe to drop. North Carolina, as did some of the other states affected by the listing, opposed federal protection, though the sturgeon’s […]

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Atlantic Sturgeon: Protecting an ancient giant By BRAD RICH AND FRANK TURSI Coastal Review Online First of two parts

Most people in North Carolina have never seen an Atlantic sturgeon. Once common along our coast, the fish became so rare that to preserve the remaining population the state more than 20 years ago made it illegal to possess a sturgeon. Starting Friday, April 6, though, the full weight of the U.S. government will get […]

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Sea-Level Rise: The onrushing train By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online

For at least a decade, numerous North Carolina scientists have been warning with increasing stridency about the state’s vulnerability to impending sea-level rise, but policymakers have yet to take heed.  Two reports released this month by a group of independent researchers, however, have only reinforced the dire predictions about the effects of a rising Atlantic […]

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UPDATE:   More new businesses open on Ocracoke By CONNIE LEINBACH

Like spring flowers, businesses continue to bloom on Ocracoke. Three new businesses have opened or will open soon on the island. La Isla, a new Mexican grocery store that opened March 30 in Spencer’s Market, offers an international variety of food and other staples. Items such as “Takis” chips, marzipan, drinkable yogurt, spicy nuts, Mexican […]

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Pulitizer Prize winning author to speak at Hatteras Civil War commemoration

Pulitizer Prize winning author to speak at Hatteras Civil War commemoration Pulitzer-prize winning author James McPherson headlines as one of three featured expert speakers at the upcoming “Flags Over Hatteras” Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration conference held by the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. As a part of the April 26 – 29 event, McPherson will […]

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