Even as birds nested where metalwork had rusted away and rain spit through broken glass and rotted window frames, the historic Bodie Island Lighthouse always had the fortune of a picturesque setting and appealing architecture. But the 1872 brick beacon, which the Lighthouse Digest added to its Doomsday List just 13 years ago, has its […]
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A U.S. Senate’s subcommittee has set a hearing on a bill that would overturn the National Park Service’s off-road vehicle management plan for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which became effective in February 2012. The hearing will be before the National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday, April 23, […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials today closed Cape Point to off-road vehicles. Deputy Superintendent Darrell Echols made the announcement, which he termed a “temporary” ORV access closure of the popular Cape Point area in accordance with the requirements of the ORV management plan that became effective last year. On April 9, National Park Service staff […]
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Bills, petition target increase in homeowners’ insurance rates Rep. Paul Tine, a Democrat who represents Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, and Washington counties, along with Reps. Susi Hamilton (D – New Hanover), Frank Iler (R – Brunswick), and Jerry Dockham (R – Davidson) submitted House Bill 519, Property Insurance Rate Making Reform, last week. The purpose […]
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The 24 additional runs on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route added by the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division for the Easter holiday period will be discontinued after Monday, April 8. They had been added to accommodate the increased traffic demand for the holiday. On Tuesday, April 9, the route will return to its previous […]
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A resolution up for a vote next Monday evening by the Dare County commissioners and a position paper from a regional water resources group in Onslow County are the latest indications of the fast-growing coastal opposition to using coastal aquifers to eliminate wastewater from hydraulic fracking. The position paper by the Onslow Water Resources Group […]
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The Weather Channel has released its first 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, calling for another active season. The forecast calls for a total of 16 named storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes, including five major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). These forecast numbers are above the […]
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They?re back again. For the third time since 2009, the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina plans to seek ?gamefish? status for three species of fish ? striped bass, red drum, and speckled trout. CCA, a non-profit group that promotes sport fishing interests, lobbied to have bills introduced in the General Assembly in 2009 and […]
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HelenWarden “Sis” Black passed away peacefully with family members at herside on April 4, 2013 in Annapolis, Md. She was 89 years old. She wasborn in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Dec. 18, 1923, the daughter of the lateDavid Royal and Hazel Ramage Warden. She was raised in Bluefield, W.Va., and graduated from Beaver High School, […]
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National Park Service contract crews have begun repair work on several popular oceanside parking areas and beach access ramps on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands this week. The crews are from contractor DOT Construction of Beaufort, N.C., and subcontractor, Barnhill Contracting Co. The work, expected to be completed by the end of June or earlier in […]
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