By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Board of Commissioners will meet twice this week — both times to consider issues related to budgeting. On Thursday, March 26, at 5 p.m., the commissioners will meet in a workshop to continue planning for the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1. The meeting […]
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Catching up on seashore issues
These late March weeks promise to be quiet ones on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Pre-nesting closures for some birds are already up, and park staff members are reportedly busy working on the seashore’s response to legislation passed by Congress in late December. The seashore’s new superintendent, Dave Hallac, has promised public meetings in mid-April […]
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Legislative Update: Lawmakers keeping busy in Raleigh
Things were hopping on Jones Street this week with bills aimed at everything from minimum wage to sex. A recent State Ethics Commission opinion declared that sex between a legislator and lobbyist isn’t a conflict of interest because it has no value, and legislators filed a bill the week, apparently to clarify the point. The […]
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Outer Banks residents say ‘no’ to offshore drilling
By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online For members of LegaSea, an Outer Banks grassroots anti-drilling group, it was like a flashback to more than 25 years ago when Mobil Oil Corp. wanted to sink an exploratory well off Cape Hatteras – except this time, they were joined by opponents of all ages and political stripes. […]
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A whole lot of shaking going on
By IRENE NOLAN I was sitting at my desk in my office on Monday afternoon around 4:30 when the door out to the porch startling rattling and shaking. It was a sunny, mild day with no wind to speak of. The house was quiet and the noise got my attention. I watched and listened for […]
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County, town officials anxiously await word on sales tax redistribution
By SANDY SEMANS There’s plenty of angst to go around these days as Dare County and local municipal officials start to work on their budgets for the next fiscal year even as they keep an eye on what the General Assembly might decide to do with a proposed redistribution of local sales tax money. The […]
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N.C. State Bar files complaint against Superior Court Judge Tillett
The North Carolina State Bar has filed a complaint against Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett related to his actions taken against the Kill Devil Hills police chief and several other individuals, including the late Frank Parrish, who at the time of the events in 2011 and 2012, was the District Attorney for the First […]
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BOC chairman sends another letter on Dare County gas prices
Bob Woodard, chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, has sent a second letter to state Attorney General Roy Cooper asking for him to investigate gas prices in Dare County. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice said this week that the department’s Consumer Affairs Division continues to investigate the complaint. Woodard […]
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The Bear Lady: Her life and mysterious death
In the end, the Bear Lady has been returned to the place she had shared for 25 years with her beloved bears. Kay Grayson, famous for the controversial practice of feeding the black bears that lived in the tangled woods surrounding her trailer, was discovered dead in late January, her remains scattered along a logging […]
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First Stewart Couch scholarship will be awarded in June
When Stewart Couch passed away, unexpectedly in February 2012, a heartbroken community searched for a way to memorialize this local leader. Within days, the Outer Banks Association of Realtors (OBAR) and the Outer Banks Community Foundation established a scholarship fund in his name to benefit Hatteras students. From across the country, dozens of people contributed […]
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