The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public review and comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sediment Management Framework at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The 45-day comment period began on September 18, 2020, with the publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register, and ends on November 2, […]
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8 additional COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, bringing Dare County total to 541
Dare County announced 8 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Monday, September 28, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 541. The 8 additional cases consist of 5 residents and 3 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 17 under, male, transferred isolation 2) resident, 25-49, female, home […]
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Trump Confirms NC, Va Drilling Moratorium
President Trump announces Friday that he is extending the moratorium on offshore drilling to North Carolina and Virginia in this excerpt from his campaign rally in Newport News, Virginia. President Trump has officially extended the moratorium on offshore drilling to North Carolina and Virginia. On Friday, Trump signed a memorandum for the Department of Interior that states, “This […]
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Guest Column: Outer Banks Featured in Educational Video with Local Authority
This story is being written in deep gratitude to Hatteras Island’s award-winning Island Free Press. I have known this media outlet literally from Day One. I knew its first Editor, the late-great Irene Nolan, when she was the editor of the now defunct Island Breeze. I have not only known the succeeding publisher – Donna […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Bubba
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Bubba, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Bubba, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
Expansion in the works for Springer’s Point Preserve
Ocracoke’s Springer’s point is expanding! In May The Coastal Land Trust announced the bargain sale donation of almost two acres of private land holdings within its Springer’s Point Preserve on Ocracoke Island. Here is a highlight video with more information.
Velina Kay “Kaci” Brennan
October 25, 1953 – September 21, 2020 SOUTHERN SHORES — Velina Kay “Kaci” Brennan, 66, of Southern Shores, NC died Monday, September 21, 2020, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks. Born in Charleston, SC on October 25, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Kay and Mel Grennier. Kaci is survived by her husband, Johnny […]
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EDITOR’S BLOG: Checking in with Hatteras Island Commissioner Danny Couch
If you have lived on Hatteras Island for any length of time, then you likely know Danny Couch. A lifelong Hatteras Island resident, Danny has been involved in the public service arena for roughly 30 years, and has spent the past four years as Hatteras Island’s representative on the seven-member Dare County Board of Commissioners […]
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Dredging in Big Foot Slough off Ocracoke expected to clear the way for more ferries
Dredging in Big Foot Slough in the Pamlico Sound is expected to clear the way for the larger sound-class ferries in the next several days. Kris Noble, Hyde County manager, said in an interview that the side caster dredge Merritt began dredging at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Cost of the project is thanks to a partnership […]
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Roy Odell Phillips
October 12, 1943 – September 25, 2020 MANTEO — Roy Odell Phillips, 76, of Manteo, NC died Friday, September 25, 2020, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks. Born in Louisville, KY on October 12, 1943, he was the son of the late Leora Vice Phillips and Worth Odell Phillips. A 1961 graduate of Perry High […]
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