The Dare County Sanitation Department will be conducting a large item household pickup for residential customers only. No commercial business debris will be picked up. Please do not interfere with county employees picking up large items. Materials must be at curbside no later than 6 a.m. on the date of collection. There will not be […]
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Reminder: Alligator River Bridge Closed to All Traffic Jan. 10-17
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that the Alligator River Bridge between Tyrrell and Dare counties will be closed to all vehicle traffic and boat navigation from 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10 through Tuesday, Jan. 16. The closure will allow crews to perform major renovation work on the bridge’s swing-span drawbridge. […]
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Happy New Year! An Inside Look at Wintertime Fishing
All the weather forecasters have predicted a cold winter. We just survived a blizzard, and the temperatures are supposed to be below freezing for a week. That’s enough for me, but just like the fall, you never know what you’re gonna get. It seems like forever till spring, but three months will go by like […]
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After a Weekend of Freezing Temps, Islanders Await the Big Thaw
By JOY CRIST After a prolonged period of freezing that followed the winter storm on Thursday, January 4, islanders were anxiously awaiting the forecasted warmer temperatures on Monday, and hopefully a big accompanying thaw. Dare County Schools remained closed on Monday, and the North Carolina Ferry System reported a cease in operations in several routes […]
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Visitor Facilities at Cape Hatteras NS and Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh NHS Reopening Tomorrow; Wright Brothers NMEM to Remain Closed Through Weekend
National Park Service visitor facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will reopen tomorrow morning. Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through the weekend. Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through the weekend due to significant ice accumulation on the parking lot and most […]
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BOEM Releases Plan for Offshore Drilling
Despite strong opposition from East Coast governors, several dozen lawmakers and the Defense Department, the Department of the Interior Thursday released its proposed five-year draft plan to open up most U.S. outer continental-shelf waters, including off the North Carolina coast and some protected areas, to oil and gas exploration and drilling. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke […]
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Dangerous Driving Conditions will Continue Through the Weekend
By JOY CRIST Roads throughout the Outer Banks remain covered with snow and ice and with very little warming, making travel difficult throughout the islands. All Dare and Hyde County offices are closed on Friday, January 5. Temperatures are forecasted to remain in the 20s and low 30s until Monday, when they will jump up […]
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State Commissioner Rejects Bid for Insurance Rate Increase
A request for rate increases reaching 25 percent along the coast was turned down by the state insurance commissioner and has been scheduled for a July 23 hearing. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents the industry, had asked for an average 18.7-percent hike statewide, with increases even higher in coastal counties. Western counties would […]
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Steve Murphey Named Fisheries Director
Steve Murphey will serve as the new director for the Division of Marine Fisheries or DMF, effective immediately, a spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality confirmed Thursday. John A. Nicholson, DEQ chief deputy secretary, explained Wednesday in an email to DEQ employees that Murphey would assume the role of director. DEQ provided […]
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David Eris Waterfield
February 18, 1958 – January 5, 2018 BUXTON –David Eris Waterfield, 59, of Buxton, NC died Friday, January 5, 2018,at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Anative of Buxton, NC he was the son of Gilda Ellen Quidley Waterfieldand Wilbur Eris Waterfield of Buxton, NC. Alongwith his parents, David is survived by his […]
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