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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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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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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By IRENE NOLAN
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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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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An amendment has been filed to a petition for rulemaking calling for habitat protections that, if adopted, would impact shrimp trawl fishing in most North Carolina waters. The amendment to the petition, submitted on Jan. 12 by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, the environmental group that originally filed the petition for rulemaking, to the Marine […]
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In a move that seemed to surprise many, Sue Burgess, the powerful and longest-serving superintendent of the Dare County Schools, announced on Jan. 11 that she will retire at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 school year. In a brief statement, Burgess gave no reason for her departure, but noted that she had been “fortunate to […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent, David Hallac and other members of the seashore staff, will be available to answer questions related to the amended Final Rule for off-road vehicle management or other issues at two public meetings in late January.. The first public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. […]
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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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