Work on the budget slowed down in the General Assembly this week after several Republican House members left on Wednesday to attend the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, meeting out of state. House Speaker Tim Moore, like his predecessor Thom Tillis, also attended the conference. But while the House slowed work up, the Senate moved […]
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The early morning sky was in a moment of indecision, split in half, unsure of its intentions. To the north, a blue sky was growing the promise of a sunny day, however, to the south, dark clouds still held the outlook of soaking rain showers. I was trailering a boat down to the isolated community […]
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The second season of National Geographic’s “Wicked Tuna:Outer Banks” premiered last week featuring some of the same rough men as last year and some of the same rough conditions. But what that first episode was missing is this season’s most interesting addition — the show’s first-ever all women crew. On Sunday’s upcoming episode, Captain Tami […]
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Purple martins are beginning to return to their roost at the west end of the old Manns Harbor bridge. By the end of July, the number of birds at the site will be close to 100,000. From late July and into early August, the Coastal Carolina Purple Martin Society will host visitors at the roosting […]
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Bills continued to be pushed through the legislative mill last week, while committees met to begin budget discussions. Leaders in the General Assembly have expressed a desire to finish crafting a compromise budget for consideration before the end of next week. In the meantime, other bills are being moved forward, while hundreds still are stuck […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore is holding public scoping meetings to consider changes to the seashore’s Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) special regulation as it relates to morning opening of beaches, extending the length of fall and spring seasonal ORV routes, and modifying the size and location of vehicle free areas. Public scoping will help inform the development […]
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Allen Burrus, Hatteras Island’s representative on the Dare County Board of Commissioners, was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, July 19. In the interview, Burrus discusses an array of issues that are important to Hatteras Islanders. One of those issues is the dredging of the county’s inlets. Severe […]
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Three members of the Dare County Board of Commissioners traveled to Raleigh on Wednesday, July 15, to express concerns about the Senate’s budget proposal, which — over the next five years in a sales tax redistribution plan– would take tens of millions of dollars from Dare County and its six towns and send it to […]
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Radio Hatteras has received Federal Communications Commission permission to move WHDX 99.9 FM to Waves while WHDZ 101.5 FM remains in Buxton. Once the Waves move is completed about the first week of August, Radio Hatteras will broadcast to all of Hatteras Island. To facilitate the move, the Radio Hatteras technical crew turned off 99.9 […]
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Dare County stepped up its efforts last month to get the owner of one of the island’s worst eyesores to clean up the property — so far with only minimal success. On June 11, Dare County attorney and manager Robert Outten sent a letter to Ritsa Merjos of Virginia Beach, owner of Waterfall Park in […]
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