The presentation was broad, lacked specifics and barely mentioned any artifacts, but after years of waiting, an exhibit design for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is finally starting to take shape. Members of the museum’s design team made their first presentation to the community Wednesday to explain the conceptual plan for the lobby, gallery, […]
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Consecutive surveys of the traditional Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route illustrate the alarming rate of shoaling in Rollinson Channel, especially at the location in the federal navigational channel where utility lines are buried. “Even from the last month’s survey, it’s showing more deterioration,” said state Ferry Division Deputy Director Jed Dixon. “That section has to be addressed […]
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Watermen in North Carolina plan a show of force in Raleigh on Monday, when members of the public have been invited to give feedback on a proposed gamefish bill that would make specked trout, red drum, and estuarine striped bass no longer available to consumers and commercial fishermen. “Folks are very concerned about this legislation,” […]
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A survey team is working to determine the degree of shoaling in the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry channel, which ferries still can’t transit after a months-long dredging project. “I’m not clear what’s going on,” Roger Bullock, chief of navigation for the Wilmington district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said late Wednesday. Ferry captains have reported […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK Commercial fishermen for the fourth time are fighting against passage of a gamefish bill that is winding its way through the North Carolina General Assembly, but this time the political terrain is rougher and the legislation is an entangled mix of actions. The bill, HB 983, proposes to remove red drum, speckled […]
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Sometimes reporters get attached to the subject of their coverage, especially if that subject is an underdog unjustly outshined by another that’s taller and more popular. The Bodie Island Lighthouse has been that underdog for me. On Thursday evening, the fully restored lighthouse was officially relighted, and it opened today for the first time to […]
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Even as birds nested where metalwork had rusted away and rain spit through broken glass and rotted window frames, the historic Bodie Island Lighthouse always had the fortune of a picturesque setting and appealing architecture. But the 1872 brick beacon, which the Lighthouse Digest added to its Doomsday List just 13 years ago, has its […]
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Beach erosion and ocean overwash are hardly the only headaches the state Department of Transportation has with the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge replacement project. The public comment period on the proposed bridge over Pea Island Inlet closed on Thursday, and transportation officials will review input on the Phase II project from agencies and the public […]
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When Hurricane Irene ripped an inlet through the south end of Pea Island and tore up the road in Rodanthe, transportation officials were forced to move up their schedule for long-term solutions to those irksome hot spots on Highway 12. Plans for a permanent bridge over the Pea Island Inlet are the subject of public […]
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Owners of Hatteras-based boat win another round in long legal battle over Big Rock winnings Owners of Hatteras-based boat win another round in long legal battle over Big Rock winnings After several defeats in lower courts, the state Supreme Court has handed the charter boat Citation another opportunity to land more than $1 million in […]
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