Godfrey (Jinx) Caylor

AVON — Godfrey (Jinx) Caylor, age 97, of Avon, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. She was born in Sparrows Point, Md., to the late James and Lillian Brown. Godfrey was known as Jinx to her family and friends, a nickname that reflected her fun and outgoing personality. She grew up in south […]

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State awards more than $6.21 million dollars for resilience projects, including two on Hatteras Island

19 communities selected for Phases 3 and 4 of the Resilient Coastal Communities Program The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is awarding 20 grants to 19 communities for Phases 3 and 4 of the Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP), which includes two projects on Hatteras Island. The primary objective […]

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North Carolina free from extreme drought

North Carolina is free from extreme drought in the latest advisory issued by the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC) on Thursday. As of July 25, DMAC classified five counties in severe drought, 30 counties in moderate drought, and 47 counties as abnormally dry. (Data for Dare and Hyde counties was not immediately available for classification in Thursday’s latest […]

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Ross Burrus Fulcher, Jr.

May 11, 1952 – July 20, 2024 FLORENCE, SC –Ross Burrus Fulcher, Jr., of Florence, SC., known by his family as “Buddy,” passed away on July 20, 2024, in Buxton, NC, at the age of 72. He was born on May 11, 1952, in Norfolk, VA. Ross lived a life full of passion, adventure, and […]

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With a Dare and Hyde County collaboration, Miss Katie conducts maintenance dredging in Hatteras Inlet channel

The Dare County-managed Miss Katie hopper dredge conducted maintenance dredging in Sloop Channel this past week, following a collaborative effort by Hyde County, Dare County, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and the Amry Corps of Engineers (Corps) to coordinate emergency dredging over the past few months. An emergency dredging project was authorized by […]

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Robert Dale Shafer

KILL DEVIL HILLS — Robert Dale Shafer, 63, passed away July 24, 2024. Rob graduated from Yorktown high school in Yorktown, Indiana in 1979 where he was a star kicker on the football team! After high school, Rob enlisted into the Air Force. He attended basic military training and the security police academy at Lackland […]

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Outer Banks resident’s fight leads to balloon bans on 80 miles of beach

From CoastalReview.org The vote to prohibit balloon releases within Dare County’s unincorporated areas was anticlimactic when its commissioners unanimously voted last week to support the ban. Southern Shores resident Debbie Swick, the force behind the ban, addressed the board before they took up the vote. When Swick began, she pointed to a large, opaque trash […]

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