Colette Jacqueline Dubresson

KILL DEVIL HILLS — It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Colette Dubresson, 82, of Colington, on Friday, February 15, 2019, merely 3 days after the loss of her husband, Claude Dubresson. She was surrounded by love in her beautiful home, for which she was eternally grateful, at all times. Her friends were part of her family.

EDITOR’S BLOG: History of the Bonner Bridge, and a Look Back at Decades of Controversy

There has always been a public fascination with the bridge that spans Oregon Inlet. Hundreds of stories have been written about the new bridge’s construction since the project broke ground on March 8, 2016, and when the county and state celebrated the imminent completion of the replacement bridge via a February “Community Day,” an estimated […]

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Group to Honor Etheridge, Life-Saving Crew

Capt. Richard Etheridge, a slave who was raised on Roanoke Island and taught to read and write, was the nation’s first African-American keeper of a United States Life-Saving Service Station. The Pea Island Life-Saving Station, of which Etheridge was appointed as keeper in 1880, also made history as the only station with an all-black crew […]

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Claude Michel Dubresson

KILL DEVIL HILLS — Claude Michel Dubresson passed away in his home in Colington on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. He was surrounded by love and family in his favorite environment.

Mr. Dubresson was an incredible entrepreneur, friend, and above all, a man of integrity with the highest of work ethics.