As all islanders know, Hurricane Matthew was a cruel natural disaster that brought weeks of clean-up and a heavy emotional toll. I, myself, spent more than a week cleaning and scrubbing our home and doing the same to my boyfriend’s mother’s garage. Immediately after the storm, I was fortunate enough to be able to take […]
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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA — Floodwaters were starting to recede last week upstream along the Tar, Pamlico, Cape Fear and Neuse rivers, but an increasingly contaminated flow of freshwater is headed downriver, eastward to the coast. The short-term prospects don’t look good for those ready for their first taste of local oysters this season. Throughout the river basins, sounds […]
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The eighth annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association Red Drum Tournament drew 279 anglers from 14 states who caught 50 red drum, including 15 citations — all released alive. The winning red drum was caught by Tom Goode of Amelia, Va., who reeled in a 49.75-inch fish. Second place went to David Griffith of Holly […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN “We’re hitting it hard today,” Edward Mann, Dare County’s director of Public Works, said in a telephone interview from Hatteras Island, where he was checking in on Hurricane Matthew debris collection. Mann said the debris collection got off to a slower start than the county would have liked because […]
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The Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (CACCE) has recognized the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce as the 2016 Outstanding Chamber of the Year (for a chamber with 700 or more members). The award was accepted by Chamber President & CEO Karen Brown at the annual Management Conference on Oct. 20 at the Sheraton […]
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SUFFOLK, Va. — The prettiest girl on the island has gone home. She nowruns on that eternal beach in endless summer. Lorena Francis DixonHassell passed away the morning of Oct. 25, 2016. She was 97 yearsyoung. Born in Morehead City, N. C., on April 9, 1919, she was thedaughter of Bertie Dixon of Portsmouth Island […]
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Much has happened on Hatteras Island since I last wrote about Hurricane Matthew’s destructive visit to Hatteras on Oct. 9. Again, let me say, what a difference a week makes! In the past week, the piles of debris from so many homes flooded by the storm surge have piled up like tiny mountains along Highway […]
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Continuing high water levels in the Pamlico Sound along with a strong cold front that will cross the area late today have prompted the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City to issue a new coastal flood advisory for the Outer Banks. The advisory for minor coastal flooding is in effect from 7 p.m. this afternoon […]
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The chairman and one co-vice chairman of the 20-member panel that advises the state Coastal Resources Commission has called for creation of an ad-hoc group to review and try to solve what they view as potential conflicts between state rules and the most recent flood insurance rate maps produced by the state and the Federal […]
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Limited storm debris removal will begin in Hatteras village on Friday, Oct. 21. Debris removal services will increase next week when additional resources from the debris removal contractors arrive. Dare County will provide updated information regarding the schedule as more details are available. All storm-generated debris should be placed on a state-maintained road in the […]
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