“We need to not let up, we need to continue and we need to get stronger somehow,” said Mayor Bobby Owens as he tried to drive home a point about the difference between today and the first time he fought offshore drilling off the North Carolina coast. Owens was chair of the Dare County Board […]
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Per the FB19-011: South Atlantic Fishery Bulletin, NOAA announced the limited opening of recreational and commercial seasons for red snapper in the South Atlantic Federal Waters, which includes coastal North Carolina. WHAT/WHEN: The recreational sector will open for harvest on the following days: July 12, 13, and 14, 2019 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) – The recreational season opens […]
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Representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Dare County came together on Tuesday evening to discuss hurricane preparation steps and online forecasting tools at a Hurricane Community Forum held in Buxton. The community forum, which attracted a solid crowd of roughly 40 attendees, was an opportunity for NWS to share hurricane information, as well […]
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Greg Murphy beat Joan Perry in the special July 9 runoff election for the GOP primary, and will go against Democratic candidate Allen Thomas in a special general election for the U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s Third Congressional District seat on September 10. The special election is being conducted to fill the seat of the […]
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With 48 vessels participating in last month’s 60th annual Hatteras Marlin Club Blue Marlin Release Tournament, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission on Monday applauded the absence of navigational problems during the June 23-29 event, calling it great news for the village, but also for the county’s advocacy for maintenance of Hatteras Inlet. “We […]
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February 1, 1929 – July 6, 2019 OCRACOKE — Walter Garrish, son of James Daniel and Ruby Austin Garrish died unexpectedly on July 6, 2019. He was born in Beaufort, NC on 1 February 1929. He attended school on Ocracoke and later graduated from High Point College, NC. He enlisted in the Air Force on […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES — On July 3, 2019, the heavens welcomed a “one-in-a-million” gem of a woman! Rose was a true friend and second mother to many, far too numerous to count… a generous listener and insightful counselor, a volunteer extraordinaire who opened her heart and her home to many a friend-in-need or wayward soul (in […]
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COLINGTON — On July 7, 2019 Douglas Martin Ross 67, died peacefully in his Outer Banks home surrounded by his loving family. Doug was born and raised in Newport News, VA. He graduated from Warwick High School in 1970 and was always proud to be called a “farmer”. Doug then attended Thomas Nelson Community College […]
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The speed limit on N.C. Highway 12 in between the villages of Avon and Buxton, and in between Frisco and Hatteras, was seasonally changed from 55 to 45 mph on Tuesday morning, July 9. Per Tim Hass, Public Relations Officer for NCDOT, the change was made in conjunction with the National Park Service, and is […]
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Speed limit will increase from 45 to 55 mph once all work at Basnight Bridge is complete Final touches on the new bridge across Oregon Inlet will restart in September, while the Jug Handle Bridge is steadily progressing at both ends of the project towards its late 2020 / early 2021 completion date. Remaining construction […]
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