Ed Goodwin, director of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is what you might call “bullish” on the idea of running passenger-only ferries between Hatteras and Ocracoke villages. He enthusiastically endorsed the idea while he answered questions from curious citizens and members of the media who attended two public meetings earlier this week […]
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Legislative Update: Another week without much progress
Legislators are working behind closed doors as they continue to try to hammer out a budget that was due to take effect 66 days ago. Rumblings around Raleigh don’t bode well for progress in completion of the fiscal 2015-16 budget, but leaders announced that they will work through the Labor Day weekend in an effort […]
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Park Service’s fall programs run from Sept. 8 – Oct. 12
National Park Service Outer Banks Group — Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore — fall program season will run from Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Monday, Oct. 12. A variety of programs are offered, and all are free. CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE Hatteras Island Ocracoke Island By attending […]
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Solutions to Hatteras Inlet shoaling remain elusive
North winds and a moon tide have recently improved passage through Hatteras Inlet, allowing charter boats to continue to inch their way to and from the ocean. But it is still unclear what the best short-term solution will be to the worsening navigational problems in the waterway. “We’re turning over every rock we can,” said […]
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Hatteras community emergency team to offer training
The Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team will be offering the CERT basic training class to anyone in the community who may be interested in attending. The course is designed to help everyone in the community to learn how to take care of themselves, their families, and their neighbors, before, during and after an emergency […]
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Guest Column:The telling priorities of the budget compromise
If you want to understand the priorities of the folks currently running the General Assembly, the details emerging from the secret budget negotiations are a good place to start. House and Senate leaders announced Thursday, Aug. 27, that they had agreed to a compromise on salary increases for state employees and most teachers. The compromise […]
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Cape Point Campground will stay open through Thanksgiving
The National Park Service announced today that it will extend the season at Cape Point Campground, keeping it open almost three additional months through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The campground, which had been scheduled to closed after the Labor Day weekend on Sept. 7, will now close on Monday, Nov. 30, at noon. “We’re trying […]
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Ferry crew rescues two from overturned boat in Swan Quarter Bay
Nearing the end of his 9:30 a.m. run from Ocracoke on Saturday, North Carolina Ferry Captain Mark Piner noticed an unusual sight in Swan Quarter Bay — an overturned boat with two people hanging onto it. Immediately, Piner contacted the U.S. Coast Guard and ordered the M/V Silver Lake’s rescue boat launched. Crew members Daniel […]
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Dare’s second quarter Cost-of-Living Index is 108 percent
Dare’s second quarter Cost-of-Living Index is 108 percent Among the 271 urban areas that participated in the second quarter 2015 Cost of Living Index, the after-tax cost for a professional/managerial standard of living ranged from more than twice the national average in New York (Manhattan), N.Y. to almost 20 percent below the national average in […]
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Legislative Update: Still no budget from Raleigh
They came, they talked, they went home. And that pretty much sums up the past week’s activities in the General Assembly. The few notable actions that occurred happened on Thursday, the last legislative day of the week, when both chambers passed yet another continuing resolution to keep government operating without an approved state budget in […]
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