The first ever Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival is just hours away from launching, and the inaugural event is already generating ample buzz, as well as ticket sales. Despite its early popularity, day passes for Saturday, (which features the bulk of the festival’s events and activities), are still available, and can be purchased on-site at the […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Mrs. Pauline Virginia King, 91 passed away peacefully February 20, 2019, at Peak Resources in Nags Head, NC. Born in Frederick, MD Pauline was raised in the Washington, DC area. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert “Buck” King. She leaves behind her daughter, Dale Nester and husband Leon Nester of […]
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A hearing has been set for the end of summer on a proposed increase in homeowners insurance rates that could be more than 30 percent in coastal counties just a year after rates jumped by 15 percent in some areas. The request covers policies for residential property, tenants and condominiums. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey […]
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Though all that’s required to open the Bonner Bridge replacement to the public is a little paint, the weather has not cooperated in the past week, which has resulted in a slight delay. The bridge itself is ready for vehicular traffic, however the roadways leading to the bridge need to be marked with yellow lines […]
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A group of conservation organizations today asked a federal judge to block the start of harmful seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, a precursor to offshore drilling, until the case can be fully heard in court. The motion for a preliminary injunction filed in federal court in Charleston contends, among other things, the Trump […]
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The Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. March 6 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington regional office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee is assisting the Division of Marine Fisheries with development of Amendment 2 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan, which could result in […]
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by Morty Gaskill and Ryan Bethea As directed by President Donald Trump in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army on Dec. 11, 2018, signed a proposed rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” addressing federal authority under the Clean Water Act. The agencies’ proposal is the […]
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Two weeks after volunteers worked to remove more than a mile of debris along the beach, all evidence of a shipwreck that occurred off of Frisco on February 4 is gone from the shoreline. The National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and contractor Atlantic Coast Marine, removed remaining pieces of […]
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The Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) be offering the CERT basic training class for anyone in the community who may be interested in attending. The training is designed to cover the following: • Disaster Preparedness • Fire Safety • Disaster Medical-Triage and Treating Life Threatening Injuries • Team Organization • Disaster Psychology • […]
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OBAR’s Willo Kelly rallies opposition to proposed 30% increase Homeowners on the barrier island portions of Dare, Currituck and Hyde Counties could face as much as a 30% hike in their insurance rates under a North Carolina Rate Bureau filing, Outer Banks Association of Realtors Chief Executive Officer Willo Kelly warned an audience of about […]
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