The National Park Service has confirmed that a swimmer was bitten by a shark just before noon today about 1/2 mile north of the Avon Pier. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac said that there was apparently one victim of the attack who may have been bitten several times. Other news outlets and social […]
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Proposed legislation about specific issues is popping up in multiple bills in the General Assembly, including House Bill 97, which is the proposed budget, in stand-alone bills, and intertwined with other legislative topics. This will be one of the many challenges faced by the members of each chamber appointed to a conference committee that is […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac had a media roundtable discussion with reporters last week that covered a number of topics and ended with a tour of a new infrastructure project that the park is rightly quite proud of. We met with Hallac and several key members of his staff at the Principal Lightkeeper’s […]
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A 47-year-old man was apparently bitten by a shark shortly before noon today about 1 mile north of the Avon Fishing Pier. According to the National Park Service, a caller reported at 11:41 a.m. that a person was apparently injured by a shark. NPS rangers, Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and […]
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This afternoon Earl Younce, owner of the Avon Motel, was waiting for the contractor to arrive to begin the demolition and cleanup of half of his business, which was destroyed by fire yesterday. “It’s completely gone — all 26 rooms,” he said about the north building of the motel. “It’s got to be leveled.” The […]
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It promises to be a long hot summer in the Legislative Building in Raleigh as House and Senate leaders try to come up with a final budget agreement for the next two years with hundreds of millions of dollars and dozens of policy issues in dispute between the two chambers’ spending plans. A report prepared […]
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Dare County’s new emergency management coordinator, Drew Pearson, was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, June 21. Pearson joined Dare’s Emergency Management last August as deputy to coordinator Sandy Sanderson. He took over the office when Sanderson retired on March 1 after 20 years in the job. He […]
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A late morning fire has just about destroyed the north side of Avon Motel and several outbuildings and may have damaged a residence on Highway 12 in Avon. The fire was reported about 11:40 this morning. The Avon Volunteer Fire Department responded, along with engines from Buxton, Salvo, and Frisco and firefighters from Chicamacomico Banks […]
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz will host a discussion of Gov. Pat McCrory’s new “Connect NC” bond proposal on Thursday, June 25, at 11 a.m. at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village. The governor’s $2.85 billion bond proposal, which must be approved by both the General Assembly in […]
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Fireworks are again scheduled on Hatteras Island for July 4 at Avon Pier, and both Hatteras village and Ocracoke have events and activities scheduled all day long on Saturday, July 4, including the traditional and very popular Old Time Parade in Ocracoke and the newer but popular Golf Cart Parade in Hatteras. Islanders and visitors […]
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