In the end, the Bear Lady has been returned to the place she had shared for 25 years with her beloved bears. Kay Grayson, famous for the controversial practice of feeding the black bears that lived in the tangled woods surrounding her trailer, was discovered dead in late January, her remains scattered along a logging […]
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A special meeting between Dare County’s Board of Education and Board of Commissioners on Wednesday saw more comity than clashing of panels, as members united on a new formula to fund schools as well as worry over potentially crippling cuts in tax revenue from Raleigh. Gone was the suspicion exhibited during a commissioners retreat in […]
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Rodanthe’s first zoning workshop, an unstructured, casual gathering held on a rainy night, became Thursday’s go-to event. About 70 residents and property owners attended the open house at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building to give their view on whether the three villages should have stricter zoning rules. Attendees were asked to fill out a form with […]
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Outer Banks fishermen will have more bluefin tuna quota than ever to work with this winter. That is, if the lucrative big fish show up here, and the fishermen can get out of the shoaled inlets to catch them. A new management rule that went into effect Jan. 1 effectively gives twice the general quota […]
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The federal dredge Merritt is scheduled to arrive at sand-clogged Hatteras Inlet on Saturday, although there’s a good chance that the project may be delayed by a strong, fast-moving coastal low. “If there is a significant weather event, the Merritt will probably not work,” said Daniel Sinclair, deputy chief of the plant section for […]
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In what was the first town-hall meeting of Dare County’s new Board of Commissioners, citizens filled every seat and stood along the wall in the board meeting room in Manteo Wednesday night to listen or tell commissioners what was on their minds. About 20 or so people came to the microphone to specify their concerns, […]
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An assault charge against Dare County Commissioner Allen Burrus was dismissed by the prosecutor today in Dare County District Court. Burrus, of Hatteras village, had been accused in October of grabbing an employee, John Paul Pehrson, 20, around the neck and pushing him into the wall at the Red & White Supermarket, which Burrus owns. […]
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Hatteras Inlet is faring nearly as poorly as its counterpart to the north, with similarly difficult-to-resolve shoaling issues. But it is not yet viewed as an equally dire situation. “Hatteras Inlet has a problem,” said Hatteras charter boat captain Ernie Foster. “Oregon Inlet has a disaster.” While the Dare County Tourism Board agreed last month […]
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Mariners will be not be stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard from transiting Oregon Inlet under a new navigation regulation, unless conditions become hazardous enough to justify issuing a notice to mariners. Exacerbated by a recent northeaster, even alternate channels under the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge are barely navigable because of sand build-up, but the […]
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Nathan Summerfield will serve a minimum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to one count of second-degree murder and two kidnapping charges in the 2012 killing of Lynn Jackenheimer on Hatteras Island. Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett imposed consecutive sentences on what were described as heinous crimes aggravated by the use of […]
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