BUXTON– Elberta Ann Gillikin, 67, died Saturday, May 31, 2014. She was bornin Morehead City to Elbert R. Gillikin and Delores Jennette GillikinLewis. Elberta worked for RCA in Norfolk, VA., as a computer analyst.Her loves of her life were reading, music, and her family,especially her grandkids and mother. She is survived by hermother, Delores, and […]
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Routine scan of Bonner Bridge Monday will temporarily halt traffic On Monday, June 2, at 9 a.m., crews will halt traffic on both ends of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet on Highway 12 as the department performs a routine scan of the bridge’s deck. It is expected to take about 30 […]
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Barclay Trimble will be leaving his job as superintendent of the Outer Banks Group of the National Park Service, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after fewer than two years on the job. Stan Austin, NPS Southeast Regional Director, made the announcement in a news release on May 27, that Trimble had been selected as […]
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NCCAT again facing an uncertain future By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Fears of impending doom – again – for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching have been alleviated for now with funds for the program provided in the proposed state Senate budget bill. The almost 30-year-old professional learning program for pre […]
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The National Park Service today reopened of Ramp 43 in Buxton to off-road vehicle and pedestrian access. Park staff first observed the hatching of piping plover chicks on the morning of May 23. For the past three days no piping plover chicks have been observed. Their disappearance is most likely due to avian predation. However, […]
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NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will hold a public meeting of the sanctuary advisory council on Thursday, June 5, from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, 850 N.C. 345, Room 262, in Wanchese. The meeting will include a presentation from the expansion working group about its recommendations […]
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BUXTON– Joseph Daniel “Dan” Kavanagh Jr. of Buxton, NC, formerly ofHardyville, VA., passed away May 28, 2014. Dan was born on June 4, 1949in Bay City, MICH., to Joseph Daniel Sr. (deceased) and Alicia (Finn)Kavanagh. Dan met the love of his life, Regena (Pugh), whileattending Marshall University in Huntington, W.VA., and they weremarried in 1969. […]
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have an informational session and public hearing on listing the rufa red knot as a threatened species on Thursday, June 5 from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Alligator National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Manteo. The information session will be from 5 until 6:30, followed by public comments […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Dr. Beach’s list of the Top 10 U.S. beaches was released last week just before the Memorial Day weekend and Buxton Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is again on the list. This year the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach ranks No. 6 on the list – up […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old man from a dive boat approximately 18 miles southeast of Hatteras Inlet on Sunday, May 25. The captain of the dive boat Under Pressure contacted Coast Guard North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM at approximately 3 p.m. and reported a diver was suffering from signs of decompression […]
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