An onsite fingerprint reading machine and database at the Dare County Sheriff’s Office has the potential to help decrease the frequency of breaking and entering crimes that plague the Outer Banks in the winter. By shortening the time for analysis of prints from months to days, the technology provides an especially useful tool to track […]
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Trial will be Feb. 2 for man accused in 2012 murder on Hatteras A trial date for the Ohio man accused of killing his former girlfriend while visiting Hatteras Island two years ago was announced Monday in Dare County Superior Court. Nathan Summerfield, 29, of Ashland, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and […]
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Completion of the exhibit design for the seemingly always almost-finished Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is continuing to be pushed back, with a final plan likely another year out. “We have revamped the plan to reflect a more engaging content,” said Joseph Schwarzer, the museum’s executive director. “I think we’ve identified the broad overall needs.” […]
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I must admit that I write a fishing column because of the encouragement of my beloved editor. With no formal training, I definitely prefer to write summaries of the area’s fishing reports and some of my own fishing adventures. I truly do not enjoy being the person who goes out to the scene with a […]
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“Wicked Tuna: North vs. South,” premiers on Sunday, Aug. 17, at 10 p.m. ET/PT and continues on Aug. 24 and Aug 31. The new series will air internationally on National Geographic Channel in 170 countries and 45 languages beginning this fall. For more information, visit www.natgeotv.com/wickedtuna and follow the show on Twitter, @NGC_PR and @WickedTuna, […]
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Justin Davis wants to switch the focus on drones from their nasty reputation as missile-carrying killing machines and privacy-invading spies. Davis wants people to focus on what’s good about drones. And for a remote, storm-vulnerable place like the Outer Banks, drones could become the public’s best friend. Davis, the owner of Drone Camps RC in […]
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Fountain Odom of Manteo doesn’t belabor the metaphor, but he does seem to appreciate the workings of democracy with honeybees more so than those of his former colleagues in the North Carolina General Assembly. As a veteran beekeeper, Odom, who served 14 years in the state senate, speaks in awe of the efficiency of the […]
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To the relief of beach access proponents, the Outer Banks is not included in a new rule that established critical habitat areas for loggerhead turtles on nearly 700 miles of shoreline in southeastern states. The designation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides another layer of regulation to management of protected species, and is […]
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Storm debris pickup scheduled for unincorporated Dare County By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Debris removal for the unincorporated areas of Dare County, which includes all of Hatteras Island, will begin Monday, July 14. FEMA funding is not available to cover these costs, so the county’s hurricane debris removal contract will not […]
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