Few people know Stumpy Point as well as Jasper Hooper, who can claim the mantle of the village’s oldest man. And Hooper says the 70-square-mile Pains Bay wildfire is the worst he can remember since the 1920s. “When I was a little boy, there was a wildfire that burned everything down to its roots,” Hooper, […]
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The Hatteras-based charter boat that gained worldwide notoriety last year for being disqualified from more than $1 million in winnings thanks to a lapsed $15 fishing license, won’t be fishing in next week’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Organizers apparently don’t want to risk more sticky publicity or making legal matters worse. “The Citation has […]
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Often the night air is sultry and scented as “Lost Colony” theater-goers work their way down the pathway through summer-lush woods. Peeking into the darkness off the path, people might imagine how settlers and Indians hid in the shadows there more than 400 years ago. Some would imagine that the colonists’ ghostly whispers still drift […]
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Have A Weather Plan Outer Banks weather can be as wicked and mercurial as it can be lovely, a reality that at times is overlooked by eager brides-to-be. Situated as they are near the Gulf Stream, Hatteras and Ocracoke islands are especially vulnerable to the whims of fast-moving fronts and the wind and rain that […]
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Wedding planners advise Island brides to have a weather plan Wedding planners advise Island brides to have a weather plan BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK Outer Banks weather can be as wicked and mercurial as it can be lovely, a reality that at times is overlooked by eager brides-to-be. Situated as they are near […]
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After 12 years of spasmodic progress and fiscal near-death experiences, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village might actually be completed before summer. That is, construction of the building, barring another setback, will finally be done. Exhibits will still take another four years or so to complete. “The museum is basically complete with […]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to move the dredge Currituck to Oregon Inlet to provide faster, more effective dredging capabilities for that crucial navigation channel. The Currituck will begin work Saturday, April 16, and will immediately begin dredging around the clock. The current vessel stationed in the inlet, the dredge Merritt, will […]
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Owners of the Hatteras-based Citation are taking their fight to a higher court in an effort to regain more than $1 million in winnings denied them in the 2010 Big Rock Marlin Tournament. An appeal was filed this week in Carteret County to challenge the March 14 ruling in Superior Court that upheld The Big […]
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UPDATE: Outer Bankers are uniting to oppose tolls on Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Outer Bankers are uniting against the prospect of tolling the Hatteras–Ocracoke ferry, but the question of whether it is even legal under current state law remains unanswered. In response to a presentation made on March […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK A proposal that could see homeowners’ insurance rates for rental properties skyrocket more than 20 percent has furrowed many brows on the Outer Banks, and even North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin may find it problematic. Responding to insurance experts who questioned the justification for the increase, Goodwin announced […]
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