National Park Service’s budget request for the fiscal year 2016, which is before Congress, includes a major effort to reduce the maintenance backlog for the NPS centennial in 2016, according to Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. The National Park Service late last month released its fiscal year 2014 deferred maintenance statistics for national parks. The $11.49 […]
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Coast Guard is rescuing sailor missing for 66 days
Late Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard reported in a news release that its crews are conducting a medevac of a man, who has been missing for 66 days and who was located on his disabled sailboat this afternoon off the North Carolina coast. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth […]
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UPDATE: State House passes bill allowing Dare sales tax hike
By IRENE NOLAN The North Carolina House of Representatives today passed a bill that will allow Dare County to raise the local sales tax by 1/4 percent without a voter referendum to pay for inlet dredging. The vote was 114-3. The bill, House Bill 388, which was introduced Monday and amended yesterday, now moves to […]
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Mary Lou Barnett Gray
HATTERAS– Mary Lou Barnett Gray, 81, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at TheOuter Banks Hospital. Born in Suffolk County, N.Y., she was thedaughter of the late Ellis A. and Caroline Rowland Gray. She retiredfrom quality control with General Electric and also from the Buxton ABCstore and was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church […]
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The Night Sky: A New Evening Star And A Meteor Shower For April
March proved tough for astrophotography on Hatteras Island. Much of it was cold and cloudy. I can remember only one or two clear nights, so much of my observing was done trying to see through a slightly overcast sky. But I did get some very good views of the night skies! APRIL SKY WATCHING April […]
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UPDATED: Bill to increase sales tax is filed — and already amended
By IRENE NOLAN As requested by the Dare County Board of Commissioners, a bill has been introduced in the General Assembly to give the board the power to increase the sales tax in the county by 1/4-cent to pay for dredging Oregon and Hatteras inlets. The bill, House Bill 388, was introduced yesterday by Rep. […]
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Saltwater intrusion is changing the coast
While the ocean is knocking at the front door of some beachfront homes and hotels in North Carolina, the forests across the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds are retreating from the shoreline. They’re being driven back by saltwater. It’s seeping into the soil and surface waters of the coastal plain. What scientists call “saltwater intrusion” has […]
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UPDATE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sends dredges to open Oregon Inlet
If shoaling and weather conditions permit, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District will begin emergency dredging operations at Oregon Inlet Wednesday to remove the shoaling that has been obstructing the federal channel passage for commercial fishing vessels. On Saturday, March 28, the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Oregon Inlet waters near the Bonner […]
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ORV routes in front of villages close April 1
As required in the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the temporary closure of ORV routes in front island villages will begin April 1 and continue until Oct. 31. These areas remain open to pedestrian use. The closed ORV routes are: Hatteras Island: 0.1 mile south of Rodanthe Pier to Ramp […]
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Guest Commentary: ‘Socialist’ Senate vs. Metro McCrory
On one side, you have a senator talking about how there are “two North Carolinas” and how it’s time for policy that will bring prosperity to all areas of the state. On the other side, you have a member screaming “Socialism!” Senate Bill 369 would change the way sales tax revenue is distributed among the […]
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