Cape Hatteras National Seashore has provided a two-week extension to the public scoping period to obtain feedback and ideas from the public regarding seashore areas that experience flooding near Buxton and Frisco. Several locations, including the Cape Point Campground, beach parking lots (near Ramp 43 and old Ramp 45), the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse parking lot, […]
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Democrats name Tess Judge to assume her late husband’s votes
Today North Carolina Democrats named Warren Judge’s wife, Tess, as their nominee for the N.C. House of Representatives District 6 seat. Judge, 65, died Saturday night, Nov. 5, at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, where he was transported Wednesday night. The Democratic Party House District Executive Committee for State House District 6 met today and […]
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Dare Commissioner Warren Judge dies in Norfolk hospital By IRENE NOLAN
Dare County Commissioner Warren Judge of Kitty Hawk, 65, died overnight at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Va. Judge was transported to the hospital Wednesday night. A spokesperson for the Dare County Democratic Party confirmed that Judge had suffered a heart attack but no other information on his condition had been released. This morning, his […]
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Warren Cameron Judge III
November 30, 1950 – November 5, 2016 KITTY HAWK — Warren Cameron Judge III, a longtime resident of KittyHawk passed away on Nov. 5, 2016 following a brief illness. He issurvived by his wife of 42 years, Theresa (“Tess”) Strickler Judge, andby his children, Montague and his wife Katherine Dixon, Michael Dixon,Mary Elizabeth (Dixon) Levy, […]
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Jeffrey William Kennedy
SHIPPENSBURG,Pa. — Jeffrey William Kennedy, 53 passed away Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016.He was born Monday, Sept. 2, 1963 in Chambersburg, Pa., the son ofRobert Morrison Sr. and Donna (Kennedy) Richardson. Jeffgraduated from Shippensburg High School in 1981. Hewas a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church. He was aproud commercial fisherman, dearly loved his […]
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Governor outlines Matthew recovery plan
Gov. Pat McCrory plans to call a special session of the legislature within the next month to address Hurricane Matthew recovery plans, but the date and details of any request depend heavily on end-of-year action in Congress. McCrory said that although the timing of the session hinges on the federal calendar, he expected to ask […]
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Elaine Midgett Daniels
September 27, 1937 – November 4, 2016 MANTEO– Elaine Midgett Daniels, 79, formerly of Wanchese, died Friday, Nov.4, 2016. Mrs. Daniels was born in Waves and was a homemaker. Shewas a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. Mrs. Daniels was predeceased by her parents, Jerome Midgett andMargaret Cuthrell Midgett Lewis; husband, Dennie Daniels; brothers,Larry and […]
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NPS wants more comments on seashore flooding issue
The National Park Service had two scoping meetings in October — one in Manteo and one in Buxton — to get feedback and ideas from the public on the issue of flooding in the Buxton and Frisco areas of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The meetings came in the middle of a public comment period […]
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Conflicts and ill will threaten red wolf recovery
By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online Not so long ago, in the swampy forests of this part of the state, rare red wolves made their home in dens hidden among wax myrtle bushes and pine trees. Females had pups. When people would come by, the mother would hide, waiting. When the people left, she would […]
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Rolling back the red wolf recovery effort
By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online As the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service’s red wolf recovery program here marked its 25th anniversary in 2012, it was basking in nationwide accolades as a groundbreaking conservation success. Just four years later, it is teetering on the edge of failure, a turn of fate fanned by politics, mistaken identity […]
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