The Hatterasity Bluegrass Festival will be returning to the Hatteras Village Civic Center from Thursday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 11, featuring last year’s crowd favorites and some new national acts that dyed in the wool bluegrass music fans are sure to appreciate. “I’m so excited that Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen will be headlining […]
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Cooperating partners in the research included UNCW Surf Club, Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association, Tony Silvagni Surf School in Carolina Beach, CB Surf Shop in Carolina Beach and the University of New South Wales. To learn more about rip currents and to view video of a drifter deployment, visit ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/ripcurrents. North Carolina partners continue to promote […]
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Sarah Alford Owens passed awaypeacefully on Sunday, May 24, 2015. She was born in Manteo onFebruary 19, 1937. Sarah is survived by her husband, Bobby Owens;her son, RV Owens III and wife, Julie; grandchildren, Shannon Owens, BoOwens, Chase Hooper and Avery Hooper; son-in-law, Buddy Hooper;sisters, Dotty Fry, Sally Scarborough and husband, Phil, and DellaBasnight; brothers, […]
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While the North Carolina House of Representatives wrestled with its version of the budget this week, the N.C. Senate continued moving other bills forward, amending many along the way. A bill seemed designed to quasi-privatize some public properties had been dormant until it came alive on May 20 when it was amended and moved forward […]
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(Editor’s Note: This week’s blog is the speech that I gave in 2013 at the annual Memorial Day observance in Hatteras village, which is sponsored by the island’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.) Good morning. And thank you for this opportunity to speak on a day that we remember those who have given their lives in […]
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Dr. Beach’s 25th annual list of the Top 10 U.S. beaches was released yesterday, just before the Memorial Day weekend, and Cape Hatteras Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is again on the list. This year the seashore beach ranks No. 5 on the list – up one from last year’s No. 6 spot […]
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The Westboro Baptist Church, an organization characterized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” is planning a protest at First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills, according to an article posted yesterday on the Outer Banks Sentinel’s website. The protest is planned for the […]
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A wildfire that may have been started yesterday by lightning is now apparently under control on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and N.C. Forest Service personnel responded about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to a report of smoke in the refuge along the shore of Croatan Sound, north of Point Peter […]
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A few coastal storms have disrupted the nice weather the past few weeks, but the storms were short-lived and the weather rapidly returned to the perfect spring that is just one step away from summer. And the fishing has been great overall. Arguably one of the most sought-after inshore fish, cobia have made a nice […]
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