Virginia Howard Austin

February 26, 1929 – May 18, 2016 OCRACOKE — Virginia Howard Austin,87, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at her home. A native of Ocracoke,Virginia was the daughter of the late Napoleon Howard and Sabra TolsonHoward. Virginia was a homemaker and a member of Ocracoke UnitedMethodist Church and the Women’s Society. Virginia is survived by […]

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Hatteras Inlet users focus on problems with marking channel By CATHERINE KOZAK

By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Spring and summer fishing tournaments have only increased frustration for charter boat captains still struggling to get in and out of sand-clogged Hatteras Inlet. And little comfort was offered at the most recent meeting of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission, which has been unable to nail […]

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