Beginning July 1, North Carolina vehicle owners must pay their annual vehicle registration renewals by the expiration date or face a late fee. The new fees were passed by the General Assembly last September and require one of three graduated late fees to be assessed on late registration renewals starting in July. The late fees […]
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Expert warns that it’s water – not wind – to watch out for in hurricanes
Jamie Rhome, the man who oversees the National Hurricane Center’s Storm Surge Unit and is blazing a trail with new forecasting methods, told a Hatteras Island audience during a weekend presentation on hurricane preparedness that it’s not the category of a storm that the public needs to pay attention to during hurricane watches and warnings […]
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MFC imposes new restrictions on recreational cobia catch
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted last week to impose restrictions on the recreational cobia fishery to try to avoid a closing of the fishery on June 20 by a federal agency. The new restriction are effective today — Monday, May 23. On Thursday, the commission voted to impose the following restrictions on recreational […]
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Don’t feed the animals — and other things humans need to know
As many Island Free Press readers know, I volunteer — along with many other folks — at Hatteras Island’s community radio station, Radio Hatteras, which you can find at 99.9 and 101.5 FM on your radio dial if you are on the island or via live streaming at www.radiohatteras.org if you are not. My small […]
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New skatepark under construction in Buxton
The new Hatteras Island skatepark is currently under construction next to the baseball field at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, with a potential completion date of Memorial Day weekend. “That’s the goal,” says Tim White, the program director for the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department, although he notes that an upcoming forecast of several […]
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Dare businesses urged to register for re-entry permits
Local businesses are encouraged to obtain and/or verify post-disaster entry permits to re-enter Dare County following a hurricane. Following an evacuation, businesses will be allowed to return to the county in tiers, based on the type of service provided. Essential personnel for critical businesses are allowed re-entry with an issued permit during Priority Two. This […]
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Part 1: Industry official discusses how testing works and its safety
By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online Though drilling for oil or natural gas off the East Coast is currently off the table, the federal government is still evaluating permits from several companies to use sonic air guns to survey the Atlantic seabed for oil and gas deposits. The National Marine Fisheries Service, known as NOAA […]
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Cat Baby wins Offshore Open with 648.5-pound blue marlin…WITH SLIDE SHOW
Cat Baby took top honors in last week’s Hatteras Village Offshore Open with a 648.5-pound blue marlin, landed by angler Keith Henry. The boat’s total 1,297 points earned it a check for $44,401.88. Second place with 1,200 points for three released blue marlin went to Sea Toy, whose crew earned total prize money of $22,809.22. […]
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Bonner Bridge will close for 30 minutes on Friday morning
The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to conduct a routine, annual scan of the bridge deck of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet on Friday, May 20. This will require road crews to halt traffic on both ends of the Bonner Bridge, beginning at 9 a.m., for no longer than 30 minutes. This will allow […]
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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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