Citing concerns over the lack of local seafood served at the Outer Banks Seafood Festival, Outer Banks Catch (OBC) has chosen not to participate in this year’s event, scheduled for Oct. 15. A letter from OBC Executive Director Sandy Semans Ross stated that, “This action is not being taken lightly,” adding that the event’s advertising […]
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Commercial fishermen who fish in the Atlantic Ocean off of North Carolina may receive a questionnaire in the mail or by phone call in the coming weeks and months for an N.C Division of Marine Fisheries survey. The division plans to contact approximately 300 fishermen between now and August and ask them information about their […]
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The beacon at the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has once again gotten “stuck” and has not rotated since it was first noticed and reported to the National Park Service on Sunday night, April 24. This is the second time this year that the rotating light has been at a standstill. The first time […]
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State investigators have announced that a grass mowing operation on the shoulder of U.S. 264 on the near the Dare-Hyde county line accidentally sparked the Whipping Creek wildfire on Monday, April 18. At the same time, fire managers announced that the highway, which had been closed off and on for much of the past week, […]
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Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative ran into some issues this morning when one of the six diesel engines providing generator power to Hatteras and Ocracoke during a scheduled maintenance project stopped running. The engine was down for about two hours, and, with electric usage reaching peak load, the cooperative issued a conservation notice to members. CHEC […]
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The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has completed the first round of aerial on ground spraying for a gypsy moth infestation in an area of the Buxton Wood maritime forest. A second and final round of treatment is scheduled in about 10 days, said Chris Elder, NCDA&CS Gypsy Moth Program manager. A small […]
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FRISCO — Charlie William PhelpsSr. left this world to be with the lord on April 25, 2016. “Charlie Bill,” as he was known in his younger days, was born toGoratha and William T. Phelps on Feb. 23, 1945, who preceded him indeath as well as his sister, Doreen P. Warren. He served in the Army National […]
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The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is sending 26,799 letters to moped owners reminding them about a new law that will require the vehicles to carry liability insurance beginning July 1. Letters were mailed last week to moped owners whose vehicles are registered with NCDMV. Moped owners must provide NCDMV proof of liability insurance […]
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As of Sunday morning, the Whipping Creek Road fire was reported at 13,773 acres in size and 48 percent contained. Several storms dropped more than an inch of rain over the fire over the weekend and contributed to subdued fire behavior, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A period of unsettled weather forecast […]
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On Sunday, April 24, 2016, ourHeavenly Father did suddenly and unexpectedly call home one of hisangels, Valerie Flynn Delsignore, beloved wife of Philip JosephDelsignore and daughter of Lillian Belter and Melvin John Belter. Silently passing on to her next life, she was a native of Norfolk and agraduate of Maury High School, who also attended […]
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