The Dare County Board of Commissioners considered a proposal to alter the winter trash schedule for Hatteras Island and other portions of unincorporated Dare County at their meeting on Monday, November 20. The proposal would reduce residential trash pick-up to once instead of twice a week, and commercial trash pick-up from three times a week […]
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Kinnakeet Home – Windmills along the Sea
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NC Rate Bureau Asks for 18.7 Percent Rate Hike for Homeowners Insurance
NC Rate Bureau Asks for 18.7 Percent Rate Hike for Homeowners Insurance Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the NC Department of Insurance asking for a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018. The NC Rate Bureau represents the homeowners […]
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Guest Column: CHSS Says Thank You to Veterans BY REBECCA WRIGHT
The Outer Banks is known as one of the top surfing destinations on the East Coast, so it may be surprising that this is the first year that Cape Hatteras Secondary School has had a surf team. 35 students have already joined the surf club this year, which includes 25 high school and 10 middle […]
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Fire Destroys Home in Rodanthe Early Monday Morning By JOY CRIST
A fire destroyed a home on North Holiday Boulevard in Rodanthe early Monday morning, leaving only the pilings behind. Renters were staying at the home at the time of the fire, but were able to leave the structure safely, and no serious injuries have been reported. Both the Salvo and Rodanthe components of the Chicamacomico […]
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Marine Fisheries Commission Goes Forward with Plan for No Recreational Cobia Season Closure
North Carolina will put forward a three-year plan for recreational vessel limits for cobia that does not include a closed season. The Marine Fisheries Commission voted last week to propose management measures for 2018-2020 to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as follows: One fish per person, not to exceed four fish per vessel, for […]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Cruise Ship Off Oregon Inlet
Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Cruise Ship Off Oregon Inlet The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a cruise ship about 55 miles off Oregon Inlet Monday.. Watchstanders in the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 958-foot, Nassau, Bahamas-flagged Norwegian Dawn at about 6:15 a.m., requesting a medevac for […]
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What Can be Done with Dredged Material from Hatteras Inlet?
BY CATHERINE KOZAK With shoaling problems in Hatteras Inlet channels addressed by recent dredging, charter boat captains and other inlet users can be thankful, at least for the time being, to have safe passage. An unusually brief meeting in Manteo this week of the Dare County Waterways Commission lacked the sense of crisis and brimming […]
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Trash Collection Thanksgiving Schedule
Trash Collection Thanksgiving Schedule The Buxton Transfer Station, the C&D Landfill, and the Recycling Center located on Driftwood Dr, Manteo will be closed on Thursday Nov 23rd , and Friday Nov 24th , in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. There will be one pick up per area the week of Thanksgiving, Nov 20 – Nov […]
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Marine Fisheries panel to vote on cobia regulations Thursday
Cobia regulations for recreational anglers for 2018 tops the agenda of the of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meeting that continues Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk. The vote was originally among the first agenda items when the two-day meeting began Wednesday afternoon, but was moved to Thursday at the request of […]
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