While much of Hatteras village suffered losses from Hurricane Matthew, the storm did remarkably little to change conditions in Hatteras Inlet for the charter fleet. “The inlet has moved a little bit, and the channel has moved a little bit,” said Steve “Creature” Coulter, a Hatteras charter boat captain. “I wouldn’t say anything has changed. […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online As the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service’s red wolf recovery program here marked its 25th anniversary in 2012, it was basking in nationwide accolades as a groundbreaking conservation success. Just four years later, it is teetering on the edge of failure, a turn of fate fanned by politics, mistaken identity […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online Not so long ago, in the swampy forests of this part of the state, rare red wolves made their home in dens hidden among wax myrtle bushes and pine trees. Females had pups. When people would come by, the mother would hide, waiting. When the people left, she would […]
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Never again will there be a beachcomber’s haul on the Outer Banks – or anywhere – to match what Nellie Myrtle Pridgen collected in a lifetime that straddled World War II and the banks’ nascent tourism industry. Her astonishing collection has been housed in a small museum inside the Mattie Midgette Store in Nags Head, […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online It’s been six years since the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed siting wind energy production off Kitty Hawk, and now the agency is preparing to actually offer leases in offshore blocks more than 20 miles from the beach. An online auction for the lease sites is expected […]
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Whether they regard oysters as delicious delicacies or repulsive lumps of slime, North Carolinians should rightfully rejoice at the construction planned this winter of a new oyster sanctuary at the mouth of the Neuse River. Down-home oyster roasts and upscale oysters-on-a-half shell dinners are hotter than ever in the local food movement, but more oysters […]
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Now that the Dare County Waterways Commission has a more inclusive name, the panel will soon update its official mission by retiring its focus on securing jetties at Oregon Inlet — a goal as obsolete as the days of fat federal budgets for coastal projects. At its meeting Monday in Manteo, commission administrator Jenny Jones […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK As Cape Hatteras National Seashore faces growing pressures from climate change, public recreation, and tight budgets, a panel of scientists will meet at a workshop in Kill Devil Hills this month to evaluate the evolving factors that affect protected shorebirds and sea turtles within the park. And, for a […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK Morning hours have been added to the early voting site at the Dare County Board of Elections office, addressing criticism that the board’s prior schedule offered limited hours for voters on their way to work and school. The Manteo site will now open at 8:30 a.m. instead of 11 […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Board of Commissioners declined to entertain a motion presented by a citizen during public comment to ask the county’s Board of Elections to expand the early voting hours that are currently planned for November’s election. Both Audrey Esposito of the Dare County League of Women Voters […]
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