The North Carolina Department of Transportation will replace a culvert under Highway 12 in Frisco in two weeks, and the project will require a total closure of the road for an entire weekend. According to John Able, Division 1 bridge program manager, work will begin on the culvert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb 28, […]
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What’s wrong with Lake Mattamuskeet?
Lake Mattamuskeet, the state’s largest natural lake, is troubled. Its good vegetation has been depleted while its bad plants are thriving. It has questionable water quality. It might or might not be too shallow, too salty and suffering impacts from climate change. Everyone is worried, but no one can definitely say what’s going on in […]
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Park Service campgrounds will begin opening on April 18
The National Park Service campgrounds at Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke will open to the public on Friday, April 18. Oregon Inlet and Frisco campgrounds will close at noon on Oct. 13. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation system, will close at noon on Oct. 27. Cape Point Campground in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, will […]
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Guest Column: Humans are part of nature, too!
How did I become an environmentalist who doesn’t trust environmental agencies and organizations? It took a lifetime… As a child, I spent a lot of time in my grandmother’s house in a small coal mining town in West Virginia. Marmet is a “company” town where much of the housing and employment are controlled by the […]
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Diane Doyle
HATTERAS– Diane Doyle died on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Colony Ridge NursingHome in Nags Head. Born in Plainfield, N.J., she received adegree at Rutgers University. Diane then went on to teach atConsumer Credit Counseling Services in Rochester, N.Y., for 20years. She then moved to Hatteras to run a bed andbreakfast. Daughter of the late […]
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Barbara Lee “Bobbie” Nuchols
BUXTON– Barbara Lee “Bobbie” McCarthy, age 75, was born in Richmond, Va., onSept. 16, 1938, and went to be with her Lord on Feb. 10, 2014. She waspreceded in death by her parents, Ernest Allen McCarthy and Iola B.Hollins. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Leonard Nuchols;three daughters, Diana Bernier (Charlie), Sheila […]
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NCDOT reschedules ferry toll hearings again, including one on Ocracoke
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has rescheduled two of its public hearings on ferry tolls because of winter weather forecast to hit the state this week. The Morehead City hearing, originally scheduled for Feb. 11, will instead be held Feb. 17 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center. The Ocracoke hearing, originally scheduled for Feb. […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Stunned
The Outer Banks definitely got its share of cold, winter weather in January. Two different snow and ice events in one week is a major rarity around here. Last week’s event for the northern Outer Banks was impressive for the area. The totals varied by location, but the average was 4-7 inches give or take. […]
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Going forward in Congress to overturn the ORV plan won’t be easy
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last February by Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., was passed yesterday as part of a package of bills, HR 2954, known as the Public Access and Lands Improvement Act. The Jones part of the package would overturn both the National Park Service?s 2012 final rule for off-road […]
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UPDATE: U.S. House passes Jones bill to overturn ORV plan
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass HR 2954, a package of bills called the Public Access and Lands Improvement Act that includes U.S. Rep. Walter Jones’ proposal to overturn the Park Service’s ORV plan on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The vote was 220-194 along party lines in the Republican-controlled House. Six […]
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