Businesses owners on Hatteras Island already have to contend with unpredictable weather and periodic road issues, but local kiteboarding businesses say unfair competition may be also undercutting their bottom line. Although it is mostly done under the radar, some out-of-town companies have been sub-leasing large houses to groups and offering kiteboarding workshops, meals made by […]
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In preparation for holiday travel over the upcoming Easter and spring breaks, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be enhancing the schedule on its Hatteras-Ocracoke route between March 31 and April 13. The temporary spring schedule will increase the number of daily round-trip runs between Hatteras and Ocracoke from 18 to 26, […]
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By SANDY SEMANS Finance officers for the county and town governments in Dare County have been scrambling to try to determine just how hard local budgets will be hit if Senate Bill 369, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown, an Onslow County Republican, and filed on Monday, becomes law. The bill proposes a three-year […]
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The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum will be hosting the 2015 Underwater Heritage Symposium that will showcase significant members of the diving community. The symposium will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the two-day symposium, The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum will formally honor […]
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It was not a pretty sight for David Mickey and Sue Dayton the fall day they came upon a large dark object on the Ocracoke beach. Walking closer, they identified what they had spotted as a dead bottlenose dolphin. Disturbed, they called the Marine Mammal Stranding coordinator for North Carolina’s central coast, Vicky Thayer. She […]
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By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Board of Commissioners will meet twice this week — both times to consider issues related to budgeting. On Thursday, March 26, at 5 p.m., the commissioners will meet in a workshop to continue planning for the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1. The meeting […]
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Things were hopping on Jones Street this week with bills aimed at everything from minimum wage to sex. A recent State Ethics Commission opinion declared that sex between a legislator and lobbyist isn’t a conflict of interest because it has no value, and legislators filed a bill the week, apparently to clarify the point. The […]
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These late March weeks promise to be quiet ones on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Pre-nesting closures for some birds are already up, and park staff members are reportedly busy working on the seashore’s response to legislation passed by Congress in late December. The seashore’s new superintendent, Dave Hallac, has promised public meetings in mid-April […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online For members of LegaSea, an Outer Banks grassroots anti-drilling group, it was like a flashback to more than 25 years ago when Mobil Oil Corp. wanted to sink an exploratory well off Cape Hatteras – except this time, they were joined by opponents of all ages and political stripes. […]
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The North Carolina State Bar has filed a complaint against Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett related to his actions taken against the Kill Devil Hills police chief and several other individuals, including the late Frank Parrish, who at the time of the events in 2011 and 2012, was the District Attorney for the First […]
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