The latter half of July saw some up and down weather. While for about seven to eight days, we saw the hottest temperatures of the year thus far, the end of the month cooled down considerably. The heat spell consisted of light, easterly winds and that drove our temps through the roof. Brutally hot and […]
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It’s not every day you hear the phrase, “…and then we’ll release the live mermaids.” But each Tuesday night, everyone who attends The Beach Klub’s Avon Luau gets the opportunity to see — and even swim alongside — a pair of living, breathing mer-ladies. And that’s in addition to the other entertainment offered at the […]
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PaulaJuanita Fulcher Peele, 82, of Hatteras, died July 27, 2013. She wasborn Oct. 24, 1930, to the late Paula Virginia and Edward HayesFulcher. She was born in Fort Henry, Va., and lived in New York untilthe age of 15. Juanita and her family moved to Buxton in 1946, whereshe met and married the late William […]
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North Carolina is poised to enact sweeping new restrictions on voting in the state. House Bill 589, which began as a relatively straightforward bill that would require voters to show picture identification when they vote, was turned by the Senate this week into what some are calling the most restrictive and regressive voting law in […]
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On Wednesday, July 23, the North Carolina House and Senate both approved the Because of recent changes in tax laws, reserve balances will drop $86.6 million in the current budget ending June 30, 2014 and by $437.8 million in the following fiscal year. The $20.6 billon budget has some good news for the Outer Banks […]
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After 32 years with the National Park Service, park historian and cultural resources manager Doug Stover will retire on July 31. Over the course of his career, Stover worked in positions of increasing complexity, and along the way, his career spanned five United States parks in three regions and included many interesting and unusual special […]
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With the fate of a new bridge over Oregon Inlet tied to two pending court decisions, questions are again bubbling up about the consequences of continual delays on replacement of the 50-year-old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. It’s not only a matter of safety – the bridge is 20 years beyond its service life, said Beth […]
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It is known to those diving off Cape Hatteras as the “slick wreck” because of the rainbow sheen on the water surface that reveals its resting place on the seafloor. A 470-foot tanker carrying about 78,755 barrels of oil, the Lancing was steaming north past Diamond Shoals on April 7, 1942, when it was torpedoed […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL At the last Ocracoke Development Advisory Board meeting in July, there was an outpouring of concern for the newly adopted amendment regulating the “pop-up” businesses on the island. The Hyde County Board of Commissioners approved the new regulations on June 3. Prior to 2010, the village had not seen this approach to […]
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It’s no secret that Hatteras Island is home to some incredible—and incredibly diverse—wildlife. While most of us, visitors and residents alike, love and admire these creatures, few people truly appreciate just how delicate and complex our relationship with them is, and even fewer understand how to care for them without crossing that ever so tenuous […]
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