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Monthly Archives: January, 2017

UPDATE:   All five advisory panels vote against shrimp petition ...

Community News Brief 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...

More dredging at Ocracoke ferry channel could interrupt service

Local News Staff Reporter -
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...

Vendors are not all that happy about paying for ferry

Local News Connie Leinbach -
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,...

HATTERAS ISLAND FLOOD MAPS

Local News Joy Crist -
Roughly 50 members from the Hatteras Island community – which included Realtors, business owners, surveyors, local insurance companies, and other professionals – attended a...

Award-winning social worker learns new lessons as a hurricane survivor herself

Island Features Joy Crist -
By JOY CRIST Ashley Jackson, a social worker on Hatteras Island with...
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Theodore Roosevelt Meekins, Jr.

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Theodore Roosevelt Meekins, Jr., fondly named “Sport” and “Teddy”,...

Linda Rae Scarborough

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Linda Rae Scarborough, 71 of Nags Head, North Carolina...

Avon Fishing Pier reopens for the 2025 season on May 1

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The Avon Fishing Pier will open for the 2025...

Senate bill pushes for prohibiting, fining for balloon releases

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From CoastalReview.org Debbie Swick has been waging a single-handed campaign...

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Due to deterioration and a high replacement cost, the...

Cora Lee O’Neal

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Cora L. O’Neal was called home to be with...

Blackfin tuna catches close to shore are creating a buzz

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Hatteras Island is currently experiencing an unusual event in...

Rudy Leroy Austin

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OCRACOKE -- Rudy Leroy Austin, a cherished native son...

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