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Monthly Archives: August, 2015

Efforts to replace Bonner Bridge span 25 years  

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Keeping up with the bridge replacement schedule has not been easy since DOT started planning 25 years ago to replace the aging span that...

Final roadblocks to Bonner Bridge replacement are cleared  

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Gov. Pat McCrory announced today that the final roadblocks were cleared on Friday, Aug. 14, allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to proceed with...

Cape Point reopens to pedestrians, but drivers will have to wait

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The National Park Service today reopened Cape Point for pedestrian access, but it will likely be another two weeks before it will open to...

Drilling off the Carolina coast is topic of radio show

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Drilling for oil and gas off the North Carolina coast was the topic of the Radio Hatteras interview show, "To the Point," on Sunday,...

Legislative Update: Missing from Raleigh — a budget and a senator

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Two things continue to be missing from the General Assembly  – a budget for fiscal year 2015-16 and Sen. Bill Cook, R-Chocowinity. ...
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Senate bill pushes for prohibiting, fining for balloon releases

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From CoastalReview.org Debbie Swick has been waging a single-handed campaign...

Rip Current Awareness Week: Rip risk forecasts

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Story courtesy National Weather Service This week is Carolinas Rip...

DEQ selects 7 projects to improve state’s electric grid, including Ocracoke Island project to relocate power lines

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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) State...

NCDOT to hold public meetings on Ocracoke South Dock Study

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Cora Lee O’Neal

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Rudy Leroy Austin

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