As winter turns to spring in Eastern North Carolina, three popular ferry routes will soon be adding departures to their daily schedules. On March 7, the Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry will be increasing its daily schedule from 28 to 36 departures. The schedule, effective Tuesday, will be as follows: Hatteras to Ocracoke:5 a.m., 6 a.m., […]
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Gary Allen Conner
March 23, 1969 – February 24, 2023 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Gary Allen Conner, 53, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, died suddenly in his home in NC on Friday February 24, 2023 He was the husband of Savanna Inge Conner, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, his loving wife of over five years. […]
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Marine Fisheries Commission Coastal Recreational Fishing License Advisory Committee to meet March 10
The Marine Fisheries Commission Coastal Recreational Fishing License Advisory Committee will meet on March 10 at 1 p.m. by web conference. The meeting will be live-streamed on YouTube. A meeting agenda and a YouTube link can be found here. A listening station will be established at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Headquarters Office at 3441 Arendell […]
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Local girl from Frisco heads to Capitol Hill for nonprofit
From OuterBanksVoice.com Ellie Hedgepeth, a nine-old-year Frisco resident who is a third grader at Cape Hatteras Elementary School, has been selected as a youth ambassador to head to Washington and Capitol Hill starting March 6 to advocate on behalf of the Tourette Association of America. Here is additional information from the Association. The Tourette Association […]
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Night Sky: Galaxies, visible planets, and more highlights for March
An Interesting Pair These are M81 (on the right) and M82. If they look close together, that’s because they are! Currently, the centers of the galaxies are about 150,000 light years apart. A couple of hundred million years ago, they were even closer together. Both galaxies were discovered by Johann Bode in 1774. Charles Messier […]
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