Temperatures will struggle to get above freezing this weekend across eastern North Carolina, with strong gusty winds resulting in wind chills in the 10s and 20s along the Outer Banks, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Wind chills are forecasted to be in the 20s during the day on Saturday, […]
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The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a request with the North Carolina Department of Insurance that proposes to increase homeowners insurance rates statewide by an average of 42.2 percent effective August 1, 2024. If approved by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, homeowners insurance rates in Dare County would increase by 45.1 percent for properties […]
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The Department of Environmental Quality is adding restrictions to mullet harvest after it found the stock is overfished. In a contentious meeting on Thursday, January 18, the Northern Regional Advisory Committee recommended weekend closures on commercial striped mullet harvest, including stop net harvesting, with a six to one vote. The advisory committee abstained from voting […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com At the opening meeting of a newly-formed task force created to address the continuing lack of housing held on Thursday, a significant shift in messaging was agreed on by the panel of roughly 20 representatives from local government agencies and various sectors of the Outer Banks business community. The inaugural gathering at the […]
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Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced that the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) filed a rate filing with the North Carolina Department of Insurance on Wednesday asking for an average statewide increase in homeowners’ insurance rates of 42.2%, with Dare and Hyde Counties facing as high as 45.1% for beach areas and 33.9% for other inland […]
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On Friday, Jan. 19, North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections will begin sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2024 primary election. This marks the start of voting for North Carolina’s March 5 primary election. Voters who have already requested absentee-by-mail ballots should receive them in the coming days. […]
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The public comment period on several proposed N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) temporary rules ends on Feb. 1. The CRC held public hearings Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 to receive comment on the temporary rules: 07H .0507, .0508, .0509, 07I .0702, 07J .0203, .0204, .0206, .0207, .0208, 07M .0401, .0402, .0403, .0701, .0703, .0704 and .1101. […]
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October 16, 1932 – January 15, 2024 Fulton Whidbee, 91, of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024, in Raleigh, NC. He left this world peacefully, with family by his side. Fulton was born to the late Charles H. Whidbee and Ruth Barnes Whidbee on October 16, 1932. He was predeceased by […]
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February 26, 1940 – January 16, 2024 MANTEO — David P. Wescott, 83, of Manteo, NC, and longtime Newport News, VA resident, died Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. A native of Dare County, he was born on February 26, 1940, to the late Ivadean Twiford Wescott and William G. […]
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By James D. “Keeper James” Charlet © 2024 Sitting majestically, solitarily, invitingly – but alone – as millions of travelers land upon the famous Hatteras Island by crossing the new Marc Basnight Bridge, is a beautiful but mysteriously abandoned building. It is, (it was), the Oregon Inlet United States Life-Saving Service Station. It is in […]
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