Outer Banks clinic in Avon will cease Saturday hours Outer Banks Family Medicine in Avon has decided to cease providing Saturday hours. The clinic is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and has also been open from 9 until noon on Saturday morning “Outer Banks Family Medicine in Avon is committed […]
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Reflections on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge officials put out a news release last week that noted if you are visiting — or even driving through the area on northern Hatteras Island — you might notice some visible changes in the landscape. And, no, they are not talking about all the construction on two bridges — the […]
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By JOY CRIST At the Jan. 17 Board of Commissioners meeting, the final Classification and Compensation Study from outside contractor, Springsted, Inc., was presented to the commissioners by John Anzivino, senior vice president of the Richmond office. The headline in the report is sure to get the attention of the county’s workforce. Anzivino said the […]
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William Leonard Whedbee
December 23, 1939 – January 18, 2017 FRISCO — William Leonard Whedbee, 77, a native of Frisco, died onWednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. He was the son of the late Zach HarrisonWhedbee and Linda Fulcher Whedbee. W.L. retired from the North CarolinaDepartment of Transportation and was a member of Little Grove UnitedMethodist Church. W.L. is survived […]
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Water usage returns to normal on southern Hatteras
By IRENE NOLAN
UPDATE: All five advisory panels vote against shrimp petition By IRENE NOLAN
At a meeting in New Bern yesterday, all five of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission advisory panels voted to recommend that the MFC deny a petition from the N.C. Wildlife Foundation to strengthen shrimp trawl regulations. However, the fight to preserve shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds and ocean waters is not over yet. The […]
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More dredging at Ocracoke ferry channel could interrupt service
The North Carolina Ferry System’s Dredge Manteo will be headed back to Ocracoke Thursday, Jan. 19, to repair severe shoaling in the ferry channel near the South Dock Terminal. Dredging will likely begin Sunday, with service interruptions on the Hatteras-Ocracoke route possible beginning this weekend and into next week. “The dredge cleared the channel back […]
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Vendors are not all that happy about paying for ferry
By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke Observer Vendors to Ocracoke have been purchasing passes to get into the priority loading lane for Ocracoke docks since Jan. 1, but they’re not all that happy about the $150 price tag per pass. They are able to purchase as many passes as they want, but there was some initial […]
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HATTERAS ISLAND FLOOD MAPS
Roughly 50 members from the Hatteras Island community – which included Realtors, business owners, surveyors, local insurance companies, and other professionals – attended a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 12, all about the new preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (or FIRMs) that were introduced on June 30 of last year. The meeting, which was held by […]
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Award-winning social worker learns new lessons as a hurricane survivor herself
By JOY CRIST Ashley Jackson, a social worker on Hatteras Island with the Dare County Department of Health & Human Services, was named the Dare County Employee of the Year for 2016 for her continual efforts after Hurricane Matthew – even when her own home was flooded with 10 inches of water. She was presented […]
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