With only hours to go for Congress to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution to keep the U.S. government operating, a total shutdown of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is looming large. If there is no agreement by midnight tonight, National Park Service staffers will come to work in the morning to secure and […]
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Defenders of Wildlife: By the numbers
This is the third in a series of blogs that will look at the finances of the various environmental activist groups that are involved in lawsuits that have had and will have a profound effect on our islands. We will look at Form 990, the form that non-profit, tax-exempt organizations must file with the Internal […]
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UPDATE: NCDOT allowed to intervene in Bonner Bridge permit challenge
The North Carolina Department of Transportation can now participate in an action filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center in the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings challenging the issuance of the Coastal Area Management Act permit, a required state permit for replacing the Bonner Bridge. The Honorable Julian Mann III issued the order allowing […]
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Ferry crew rescues two from overturned sailboat off Ocracoke
The 8 p.m. North Carolina ferry run from Ocracoke to Cedar Island turned into a daring rescue mission Thursday night, as the crew of the M/V Cedar Island pulled two survivors of a sailboat accident from the rough waters of Pamlico Sound. John and Renee Hoffman of Raleigh were sailing in Big Foot Slough […]
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Damon Meekins Gray Jr.
HATTERAS– Damon Meekins Gray Jr., 89, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, in hisresidence. Mr. Gray was born in Hatteras and was retired from theNational Weather Service as a weather specialist. He was member ofHatteras United Methodist Church, one of the founders of HatterasVolunteer Fire Department, a recipient of the Order of the Long LeafPine, and […]
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LT. COL. RALPH CHRISTY “CHRIS” KELLUM, USAF Ret.
Lt.Col. Ralph Christy “Chris” Kellum, 72, of Kokomo, and a former residentof Fort Wayne, Ind., and Hatteras, N.C., died at 7:42 p.m. Thursday,Sept. 26, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born in Kokomo, Sept.28, 1940, the son of Ralph Claude and Doris (Christy) Kellum. Hemarried Mitzi Oden on Nov. 24, 1965, and she preceded […]
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Our Coast: Nature’s Hints of Autumn
All around us are signs that summer is waning and fall is just a cool front away. Here is my list of clues that our natural world is in a stage of transition and crisp cooler weather is on the way to replace the sticky muggy days of summer. A Cloud of Butterflies: Yellow cloudless […]
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When crab pots become death traps
Derelicts, ghosts, and orphans might sound more like Charles Dickens characters than lost or abandoned crab pots, but the terminology is an apt description of marine debris clogging northeastern North Carolina waterways. A two-year pilot project to find and remove unattended, storm-tossed or sunken wire pots, netting and fishing line from areas of the region’s […]
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Ferry System begins transition to off-season schedules Oct. 1
Ferry System begins transition to off-season schedules Oct. 1 The kids are back in school and temperatures are starting to fall. Now, the North Carolina Ferry Division is set to conclude its 2013 summer season by transitioning to its regular off-season schedules on four of its popular routes beginning next week. The following […]
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Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree will be Oct. 25-27 on Ocracoke
The real Blackbeard will be revealed but the popular myth will be on full display at the First Annual Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 25 to 27. Three years in the making, the village-wide jamboree will celebrate the last days of Blackbeard with historically authentic encampments and ship battles by […]
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