GREENVILLE — Mrs. Dorothy Midgett Brannan, 84, passed away Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Thefuneral service will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in St. JamesUnited Methodist Church. The family will receive friendsimmediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. A private graveside will be held at Pinewood Memorial Park. Mrs.Brannan was the daughter of the […]
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More high winds and flooding forecast for Outer Banks
The National Weather Service says we can expect another round of high winds and coastal flooding tonight and tomorrow as another Arctic cold front passes through the area, ushering in more frigid temperatures. Forecasters at the Weather Service office in Newport, N.C., have issued a high wind warning and a coastal flood advisory for the […]
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Lighthouses will open for climbing April 17-Oct. 14
The Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras lighthouses will be open for climbing in 2015 from Friday, April 17, through Monday, Oct. 14. Bodie Island Lighthouse climbing hours will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily with ticket sales from 8:45 a.m. to 4:25 p.m. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse climbing hours will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 […]
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Legislative Update: Most bills moving at snail’s pace one achieves warp speed
The word in Raleigh this week appeared to be “Time is not of the essence.” A substantial number of bills filed were local in focus and have little interest in other areas. Other bills were filed, but few went beyond first reading and assignment to committees. One bill — on the gas tax — left […]
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Bonner Bridge negotiations: Out of sight, but not out of mind
I was hoping this week to shed more light on the request that the parties to the ongoing legal battle over replacing the Bonner Bridge made to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday. After five months of trying to negotiate a settlement that would end a lawsuit by environmental advocacy […]
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Vandals damage Cape Point campground
The National Park Service said today that the Cape Point Campground was deliberately vandalized on Tuesday evening, Feb. 10. NPS rangers are investigating vandalism to multiple loops of the campground where a vehicle drove off the paved access road and over vegetation, destroying significant areas of sensitive grass and low lying areas with tire tracks. […]
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UPDATE: Appeals Court grants request for mediation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today granted a request by all of the parties involved in the legal wrangling over replacing the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge for the assistance of a mediator in their effort to negotiate a settlement in the case. A joint motion by the parties asking for referral […]
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High winds, heavy seas pound Outer Banks, but little damage reported….WITH SLIDE SHOW
High winds and heavy seas from a coastal storm pounded the Outer Banks for 24 hours — from Tuesday morning until early this morning — but little damage and little or no ocean overwash or soundside flooding was reported. The National Weather Service’s official automated observation site on Hatteras at Billy Mitchell Airport measured a […]
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Will increased bluefin tuna quota benefit local fishermen — or not?
Outer Banks fishermen will have more bluefin tuna quota than ever to work with this winter. That is, if the lucrative big fish show up here, and the fishermen can get out of the shoaled inlets to catch them. A new management rule that went into effect Jan. 1 effectively gives twice the general quota […]
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UPDATE: Weather Service upgrades effects of coastal storm
The National Weather Service has upgraded the advisories it issued yesterday afternoon for a coastal storm that is winding up this afternoon off the southeast coast of North Carolina. A strong cold front passed through the Outer Banks early this morning, and a low pressure area formed off the coast along the front. It is […]
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