December 12, 1943 – April 7, 2019 RICHMOND AND KITTY HAWK – Julia Mae Rogers Horton, 75, of Richmond, VA died Sunday, April 7, 2019, at her son’s home in New Kent, VA. A native of Kitty Hawk, NC, she was born December 12, 1943, to the late Lucy Viola Perry and Herman Leroy Rogers. […]
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MANTEO — Patricia Hyde Decker, 81, died at home of natural causes Sunday April 7, 2019. Her beloved children were at her side. Born in England, Patricia’s US citizenship was sponsored as a child, by the Church of Latter Day Saints. She became a church member and spent her life in service to others. Along […]
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North Carolina will create a no gill net corridor along the ocean surf zone later this month to reduce bottlenose dolphin interactions. N. C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Steve Murphey issued a proclamation today, effective April 22, expanding the current restriction on small mesh gill net use within 100 yards of the ocean surf […]
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Hyde County Health Department and Hyde County Behavioral Health are partnering to support More Powerful NC, a public education campaign that recently launched to raise awareness about the opioid epidemic and empower North Carolinians to take action to address the crisis in their homes, neighborhoods, and communities. The More Powerful NC campaign is supported by […]
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At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Monday morning, the vessel Offshore Fever – a 23 foot Albemarle skiff with four people on board – hailed to the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet on CH 16. The people onboard the vessel informed the Coast Guard’s watch stander that they were 40 nautical miles offshore and were […]
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The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) announced on Tuesday morning that islanders should expect two planned power outages on Thursday, as transmission lines are relocated at the site of the Jug Handle Bridge. The power will be out at the following times and locations on Thursday, April 11: Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon: 30 minute […]
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The North Carolina Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicular route switches to its springtime schedule on April 9, increasing the number of daily round-trip departures from 18 to 26. The daily schedule will be as follows: From Hatteras: 5, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m., noon, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 4, […]
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The Avon Fishing Pier is opening for its 56th season on Good Friday, April 19, and longtime visitors can expect some familiar faces and events, as well as some new additions for 2019. In 2018, the Avon Pier had a delayed reopening due to damage from a month of nor’easters that battered the island in […]
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During the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new bridge on April 2, crews were already hard at work removing the spans of the old Bonner Bridge in a demolition project that is currently scheduled to be completed by late 2019 / early 2020. The discarded bridge material is being removed by cranes, and is being […]
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For the first time in more than 25 years, the Froggy Dog restaurant is opening its doors for the 2019 season with new owners. But longtime fans of the Avon eatery, which first launched as a hot dog stand a few decades ago, will find that the Outer Banks landmark is in very capable hands. […]
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