The U.S. Coast Guard made international news this weekend with the Friday rescue of five people from a disabled sailboat about 220 miles off Hatteras. One of those rescued has been reported by national and international media as prominent millionaire Brian Cohen, an original investor in Pinterest. Some of the other four rescued were said […]
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The North Carolina General Assembly convened on Jan. 14 to begin its current session and to choose the leadership in both the House and Senate chambers. Phil Berger (R-District 26) will remain the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Tim Moore (R- District 111) is now Speaker of the House, replacing former Speaker Thom […]
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Dare County announced today that the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into high gas prices along the Outer Banks, as formally requested by the county Board of Commissioners last week. According to the county’s news release, the Attorney General’s Deputy Director for Consumer Protection called county officials Friday morning and said […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Dare County officials hosted a public meeting Wednesday in Buxton to talk about the environmental document that must be prepared before the Park Service can consider giving the county a special use permit to pump sand on badly eroding beaches to protect Highway 12 on the village’s north end. The […]
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BUXTON– Sandra Jean Herzing Etheridge, 64, Buxton died Thursday, Jan. 29,2015 at her residence. Born in Patuxent River, Md., she was thedaughter of Arlene Donahue Williams of Avon and the late Robert C.Herzing and was the wife of Charles R. Etheridge of Buxton. She was a”good friend and known by all.” Inaddition to her husband […]
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The Dare County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which a caller, identifying himself as a Dare County deputy sheriff, tells them that they owe money and tries to make arrangements for payment. According to Chief Deputy Steve Hoggard, the caller tells the person that he or she owes a fine […]
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The Obama Administration did the expected Tuesday and announced plans to potentially open portions of the Atlantic coast, including offshore North Carolina, to oil and natural gas drilling for the first time in almost three decades. In keeping with Obama’s all-of-the above approach to energy development, the federal Bureau of Energy Management, or BOEM, yesterday […]
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The National Park Service has announced that its fire management staff, will conduct a prescribed burning on section of Bodie Island in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore between Feb. 1 and March 30, weather and conditions permitting. The burns, which are part of the Outer Banks Group Fire Management Plan, will consist of approximately 500 […]
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The federal government last week took the next significant step toward developing commercial wind energy off the N.C. coast by releasing an environmental assessment that supports the potential lease sale for more than 300,000 acres in three areas, one off the northern Outer Banks and two near Wilmington. “We are really pleased that the administration […]
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Starting Wednesday, Jan. 28, weather permitting, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will close a section of one lane of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on Highway 12 over the Oregon Inlet. The lane closure will enable crews with Precon Marine Inc. of Chesapeake, Va. to begin repairs to the concrete along the underside of […]
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