By IRENE NOLAN At its meeting on Monday, July 18, at 5 p.m., the Dare County Board of Commissioners will consider an agreement with Coastal Planning & Engineering of North Carolina (CPE-NC) to obtain permits for dredging to maintain the Hatteras Inlet navigation channels. The board selected the Wilmington company at its June 20 meeting […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Oddities By ROB ALDERMAN
(Rob Alderman has lived on the Outer Banks for more than 16 years and has worked in the recreational fishing industry the entire time. A former variety fishing TV show host, beach fishing guide, tackle shop and pier employee, Rob currently owns and operates Outer Banks Kayak Fishing. He is on the Pro-Staff of Bending […]
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Sea turtle nest sitters learn the ropes in training session ….WITH VIDEO
By JOY CRIST A crowded room of both seasoned and new volunteers turned out in Buxton for the first of two sea turtle nest watch training programs on Monday evening, July 11. The Nest Watch Program is manned by community members and long-term vacationers who want to help protect, monitor, and inform the public about […]
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Hatteras boat captains unhappy that state halted dredging project
Furious Hatteras Island watermen lashed out at the state Ferry Division on Monday, July 11, at the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission meeting in Manteo, despite that there were not enough members to actually hold an official meeting. Only three of the eight commission members were in attendance: Ernie Foster, Steve “Creature” Coulter, […]
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Coast Guard assists five from grounded boat in Ocracoke Inlet
The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan boater transferred one injured mariner and four other people Monday, July 11, after their boat ran aground near Ocracoke Inlet. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a call for assistance at approximately 5:50 p.m. from the 24-foot pleasure craft Miss Virginia. A 24-foot Response Boat-Small crew […]
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William S. ‘Billy’ Brown Jr.
MANTEO — Billy, beloved husband,father, “Pappy” and veteran, grasped the hand of our Lord and Savior onTuesday, July 12, 2016. At his side was his wife of 48 years, MarshaMann Brown, son Capt. William S. “Bill” Brown III (Wanchese); daughterBonnie Brown Rowe and husband, Woody. (Frisco); four grandchildren,Kristian Brown, Ben Brown and Elizabeth Brown, and […]
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Guest Column: Dare commissioner takes credit where it’s not due
This is in response to Dare County Commissioner Jack Shea’s commentary sent to area media recently. Shea, a Republican, noted that Americans don’t have much faith in Congress and that is the only point on which we can agree. The Republican majority has spent more time stone walling efforts to pass meaningful legislation and twitting […]
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Several regulatory efforts fell short in General Assembly
Sen. Harry Brown, R-Onslow, confirmed this week that he’ll try again in the next session of the General Assembly to pass restrictions on land-based wind farms that he says could be in conflict with military flight paths. Brown’s bill was one of several regulatory efforts that fell victim to a contentious end-of-session showdown between the state […]
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Several hurt in stairway collapse in Salvo
Several people were injured, including three who were transported to the Outer Banks Hospital, on Thursday night when an outside stairway stairway collapsed at a house in Salvo. According to Dare County officials, the incident happened around 8 p.m. in the 2600 block of Otter Way in Salvo. Dare County manager Bobby Outten said up […]
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Guest Column: My Affair with Words
This is how it began. My affair with words. The commercial piece, at least. I was stumbling around Hatteras Island in the fall of 1975, a little over a year after graduating college with a forestry degree. There were a few of us, the people from off, who arrived here in the 1970s. Many of […]
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