As part of North Carolina’s effort to encourage more North Carolinians to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Governor Roy Cooper announced $4 Million Summer Cash and College Tuition drawings to motivate those who have not yet been vaccinated — and thank those who have. Four vaccinated North Carolinians 18 and older will win $1 million each and four […]
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Allen Lynn “Bimbo” Clendenin, 69, of Rustburg, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 23, 1952 at Elkins, WV, he was a son of the late Floyd Leo and Winona Mae Heckert Clendenin. Allen was of the Baptist faith and was a 1971 graduate of Greenbrier East […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of June 10 include the following: Seashore Updates Cape Hatteras National Seashore hosted over 900,000 visits in the […]
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Meaghan Johnson was recently selected as the chief of resource management and science for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Moores Creek National Battlefield and Wright Brothers National Memorial (National Parks of Eastern North Carolina). Johnson grew up in Painesville, Ohio and spent most of her childhood on […]
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The Ocracoke Preservation Society is raising funds for the restoration of the Island Inn Property to be used as a historic building and public use park. Amy Howard tells us more.
Update/correction: The House today (June 9) passed S241 (described below) and it is on the Senate calendar Thursday morning at 10 a.m. The original post of this story said that this session of the N.C. Legislature ends July 2, but there is no statutory or constitutional requirement for when a convened session must end. […]
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Daniel, Knight, Martin, Morgan, Beard, Howard, Caesar, Salter, and Robins are among the names of men whose lives swirled around one of colonial America’s most infamous figures, yet a man whose identity, remarkably, remains unproven to this day. Is it possible that the solution to one of our greatest mysteries has been hiding in plain […]
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With the first meeting of the NC12 Task Force held on May 19, the initial steps toward developing a long-range plan to address concerns about the often-perilous state of NC12 south of Oregon Inlet were taken. “The board, the Park Service and the community and NCDOT…understand that we have problems with NC 12, and most […]
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Dare County has released the latest segment of its “On the Job” video series that highlights the day-to-day duties and responsibilities performed by county employees working within various county departments. This particular “On the Job” video is designed to educate and inform residents and visitors about several of the services that are provided by the […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging disadvantaged businesses to compete for state transportation contracts. Starting in June, NCDOT’s Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Civil Rights will host in-person outreach events in all 14 highway divisions to educate disadvantaged business enterprises, or DBEs, about how to do business with the NCDOT. Disadvantaged […]
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