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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No high-speed ferry exists today that could safely carry millions of vehicles a year across the heavily shoaled Oregon Inlet and Pamlico Sound, according to a new transportation report released late last month. And even if engineering a shallow-draft, high-capacity ferry were possible, it said, the cost would be prohibitive. In response to renewed public […]
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The state’s new transportation secretary backs the Bonner Bridge project, but he is not so sure about the Mid-Currituck Bridge. He also doesn’t favor a ferry solution for Oregon Inlet, but he’s willing to consider it in Currituck. Some might take it as a good sign that Anthony J. “Tony” Tata, appointed last month to […]
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Land-based wind power projects in Beaufort and Pasquotank counties are still in the works, despite considerable challenges that have raised doubts about their future. Progress on a third wind project in Eastern North Carolina that has not been approved yet by the state has also stalled, and there is a new proposal to build an […]
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Piles of debris lining Highway 12 through Rodanthe will be carted off by Dare County, but county officials say that the remains of houses scattered up and down the beach must be removed by the property owners. A house at the end of Dean Avenue fell into the ocean on Dec. 30 and was still […]
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Back in the 1970s, no one thought twice of removing anything off of sunken World War II U-boats, from brass plaques to crew journals to torpedo hatches. To this day, a treasure trove of historic items salvaged from U-boats sunk off the Outer Banks is safely stashed away in the private homes of divers. And […]
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Twenty-five years after the first captive-bred red wolves were released into the swamps and pine forest of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, the success of the Red Wolf Recovery Program is intertwined in an uneasy relationship with the wolf’s close cousin, the coyote. The wolves were declared extinct in 1980, but now 100 to 120 of […]
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