The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Cary Carney of Newport caught the 504-pound, 8-ounce fish about 55 miles off Morehead City on Aug. 21. Carney was fishing aboard the Willow B, captained by his son, Brandon Carney. They were fishing in roughly 1,300-foot-deep water when they […]
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The Dare County Emergency Management Department has announced that Dare County Emergency Management Planner James Wooten has graduated from FEMA’s National Emergency Management Advanced Academy, which is located at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The full curriculum for the prestigious program provides strategic training and education on the essential skills and tools that […]
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The Outer Banks has been featured by website Travel+Leisure as one of the “12 Best Places to Travel in October”. Here’s what Travel+Leisure’s Patricia Doherty had to say: If you missed your summer vacation and still have travel on your mind, you’re in luck. In places like Hawaii, North Carolina, and Europe, the tourist count […]
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SpaceX successfully launched its first batch of Starlink satellites for September 2022 from Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening, September 4, and the meteor-like sight was visible from multiple vantage points along Hatteras Island. The mission was considered a milestone, as it marked the 40th mission of the year for the aerospace company, and set a new record for […]
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The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association will host the Ocracoke Island-Wide Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 18. Find treasures of all kinds at more than two dozen island homes and businesses throughout the village. Items to be sold include crafts, home goods, tools, […]
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The 2022 Coast Guard Marathon has been nominated by the readers of SportsTravel and is a finalist for the “2022 Best New Sports Event Award”. Visit Elizabeth City spearheaded a large, synergetic project to create the first official U.S. Coast Guard road race. Given that all other branches of the military have well-established races and […]
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With 443,905 visitors recorded in July, (following the second-busiest June ever with a total of 424,206 visitors), the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another banner year for visitation in 2022. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded a total of 1,631,665 visitors for the first seven months of […]
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Thomas Christopher Meyers Sr. affectionately known as Capt’n Tom, Owner of Eastern Metal Works, Inc., passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning, August 28th, at the age of 65, at his home in Wilmington, Nc with his significant other of 18 years Karyn Sykes. Tom is survived by his 2 Children Thomas “TJ” Meyers […]
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Gurney “Lee” Collins, III was born in Goldsboro, NC on June 3, 1957, to Gurney and Judith Collins. On Friday, September 2, 2022, at 65, Gurney left to take a well-deserved surf trip to paradise…where there is no pain and the waves are perfect all the time. As a child, he was an explorer, full […]
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Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation on Labor Day, September 5. The excavation will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m., and visitors can park at the Pony Pen Beach Access lot. The nest i located just 0.03 miles south of […]
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